City
Adaptation
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.
Region
Adaptation
Mitigation
Basque Country • Urban Klima 2050, the largest climate action project in the Basque Country
Urban Klima 2050 aims to strengthen climate governanc[...]
City
Adaptation
Mitigation
Molina de Segura • A Youth-Climate Participatory Budget to mainstream climate action
Inspired by Lisbon's Participatory Budget (PB), the Molina d[...]
City
Mitigation
Building
Zagreb • Fighting energy poverty through a university teaching programme
The city of Zagreb, working with the faculty of engineering at the unive[...]
City
Mitigation
Energy
Bobo-Dioulasso • The development of a SEACAP after signing up to CoM SSA
In its SEACAP (Sustainable Energy Access and Climate Action Plan), the c[...]
Region
Mitigation
Energy
Mobility
Flanders • A local climate and energy pact
Focusing on 4 areas (greening, participatory energy, sustainable mobility and rainwater), the Flemish [...]
City
Mitigation
Building
Energy
Rüsselsheim am Main • An Energy Caravan to promote deep renovation
The German city of Rüsselsheim am Main is taking on the task of involving hom[...]
City
Adaptation
Water
Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU)
Cape Town • Three years after a record shortage, the city has become a model in water-saving
Following the worst drought in its history, which br[...]
Country
Biodiversity
Mitigation
Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU)
“Visit Rwanda”, from a soft power strategy to a profitable business for forest and wil...
The "Visit Rwanda" strategy is used by the co[...]
City
Adaptation
Mitigation
Local Action • Multilevel climate governance & the integration of local governments
Our first country-based studies (Germany, Canada, France[...]
City
Adaptation
Mitigation
Local Action • Progress made through international climate initiatives
Tracing the evolution of the various international and regional initiative[...]
City
Adaptation
Mitigation
Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU)
Building
Energy
Mobility