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.

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Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU)
Building
Energy
Industry
Mobility
Waste Management
Global
Mitigation
Energy

Energy • The growth of renewables is still not enough to feed the insatiable energy appetite of th...

Breaking from the trend of 2020, 2021 and t[...]

2022
City
Biodiversity
Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU)
Building

Durban • Agroecology to fight against food inequalities

The eThekwini Municipality (Kwazulu-Natal Province), one of the eight metropolitan munici[...]

2022
Region
Adaptation
Biodiversity
Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU)

Sundarbans • Banking on mangroves for land, life and livelihood

The Sundarbans are archipelago of islands at the mouth of the Ganges, in eastern [...]

2022
Region
Biodiversity
Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU)

Yaeda Valley • Carbon offsets at the heart of a project to protect local flora and fauna

In the United Republic of Tanzania, a forest management [...]

2022
City
Circularity
Industry
Waste Management

São Paulo • A circular food system to reduce organic waste

To address its waste problem, the city has adopted various strategies to divert this [...]

2022
City
Circularity
Industry
Waste Management

Kamikatsu • A social project beyond the zero waste objective

The municipality of Kamikatsu, which recycles or reuses 80% of its waste, serves as [...]

2022
Region
Circularity
Industry
Waste Management

Alsace • Towards a Made-in-Europe production of low-carbon lithium with the EuGeLi project

The EuGeLi (European Geothermal Lithium Brine) project[...]

2022
Global
Mitigation
Energy

Energy • Africa pursues the development of renewable energy, despite certain obstacles

Access to energy is a major challenge in Africa, which has[...]

2022
City
Mitigation
Building

Angers • EnergieSprong, an industrialized zeroenergy renovation project, a lever for mass uptake

The EnergieSprong approach, initiated in the Net[...]

2022
Country
Mitigation
Building

Indonesia • Betting on reflective roofs to avoid air conditioning

The Cool Roofs Indonesia project helped to install white roofs on 70 buildings [...]

2022
City
Mitigation
Building

Vienna • Phasing out fossil fuels in heating to decarbonise buildings

Phasing-out natural gas in buildings and district heating is the cornerston[...]

2022
City
Mitigation
Mobility

Barcelona • Sant Antoni, the green street inspiring the city

Since 2016, the city of Barcelona has been supporting the establishment of “superblo[...]

2022
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