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.

Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU)

Building

Energy

Industry

Mobility

Waste Management

Buildings • Recovering from the pandemic, the construction and renovation sector rethinks its foun...

After the first shocks linked to the pandem[...]

Transport • In cities, the effects of the pandemic reveal a concentrated low-carbon mobility marke...

The organization of urban mobility is a key[...]

Transport • Popular among industry, civil society and public authorities, rail continues its expa...

While the low carbon intensity of trains ma[...]

Transport • 2020: A smooth ride for the electric car market, depsite the pandemic

Despite the severe slump affecting the automobile industry foll[...]

Energy • With PPAs, businesses and cities are securing the production and supply of low-carbon ele...

A major trend that the pandemic had little [...]

Turin • Restructuring the economy and policies to reduce GHG emissions

The city has made remarkable progress in reducing its CO2 emissions from i[...]

Strasbourg • A laboratory for aligning climate action with the SDGs

Two years ago, the city and the metropole of Strasbourg (Eurométropole) start[...]

Slavutych • Reducing emissions through municipal energy management

The last of the planned Soviet cities, Slavutych was built to house those disp[...]

Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU)

Rufisque • A localised food system to encourage demand for local produce

Rufisque is a district of 500,000 inhabitants covering 2/3 of the area o[...]

North Rhine-Westphalia • A participative climate governance strategy

NRW's climate plan, adopted in 2015, aims to reduce its emissions by 55% in [...]

Waste Management

Palembang • Acting in the sectors of energy, transport and waste to reduce emissions

The capital of South Sumatra province, Palembang is the seco[...]

Ontario • A snapshot of multilevel climate governance

Ontario’s 2007 Action Plan on Climate Change established GHG emissions reduction targets (1[...]

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