Global
Finance
Case studies and Trends in action
Throughout the year, the Observatory publishes case studies and trends in action, addressing issues of mitigation, adaptation, circularity, biodiversity, water and climate finance at the international, national, regional and local levels, and at the crossroads of national policies and non-state actions.
Global
Adaptation
Building
Buildings • Real estate players are re-examining their foundations to adapt to climate change
The layout and composition of new buildings need to[...]
Country
Finance
Building
Finance • Kenya: The first green bonds financing low-carbon student housing
In 2019, Acorn Holding, a Kenyan property development company, issued[...]
Global
Adaptation
Mitigation
Mobility
Transport • Heatwaves pushing the sector off its rails
Rail is one of the least polluting modes of transport and one of the most vulnerable to cl[...]
Global
Adaptation
Biodiversity
Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU)
Land Use • How the coffee industry is dealing with climate change
At both ends of the value chain, as the vulnerability of the coffee sector to c[...]
Global
Circularity
Industry
Waste Management
Waste • In Europe, the circular economy in textiles is being reinvinted
To reduce textile waste production and improve its management, laws and m[...]
Global
Mitigation
Building
Buildings • From efficiency to renewable energy generation: Commercial spaces in search of renewal...
Due to the large surface areas they occupy,[...]
Global
Mitigation
Mobility
Transport • Air traffic takes off again, leaving the climate transition on the tarmac
Air traffic is on track to return to 2019 levels and exceed[...]
Global
Adaptation
Energy
Energy • Between the revival of fossil fuels and emergency sufficiency, the difficult process of a...
The challenges of a changing climate are co[...]
Global
Mitigation
Mobility
Transport • Beyond the motorisation, cities are reorganizing the urban space for low-carbon mobili...
The car’s place in urban mobility is shrink[...]
Global
Mitigation
Mobility
Transport • The energy transition in international shipping remains at the dock
Committed to reducing sulphur and greenhouse gas emissions, the s[...]
Global
Mitigation
Industry
Mobility