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.
City
Mitigation
Local Action • Between harmonisation of practices and methodological innovations, the emission acc...
Emissions inventory and reporting practices[...]
Global
Finance
Finance • As it surges ahead, the ESG market seeks to standardise transparency norms
Financial institutions increasingly focus on their environme[...]
Global
Circularity
Mitigation
Industry
Waste Management
Local Action • European Regions Illustrate the Central Role of Local and Subnational Governments i...
Regional and local governments around the w[...]
Global
Finance
Finance • Authorities are using stress tests to assess financial actors’ exposure to climate risks...
To assess the climate risks financial act[...]
Global
Mitigation
Waste Management
Waste • In the absence of circularity, the dustbins of the Global North spill over into the South
The bans on waste imports by Asian countries si[...]
City
Adaptation
Mitigation
Local Action • International governance of networks and cooperation initiatives on climate issues
Local climate actors are organized around a con[...]
Country
Mitigation
Mobility
Mobility for Africa • Promoting access to sustainable electric mobility in rural areas to empower ...
In Zimbabwe, the lack of transport infrastr[...]
Global
Biodiversity
Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU)
Land Use • Rights of nature as a bastion against the destruction of natural ecosystems
Millions of hectares of forests are being lost, rivers pol[...]
Global
Adaptation
Circularity
Industry
Waste Management
Waste • From illegal flows to local recycling, waste treatment is being reorganized
The bans on plastic waste imports to Asia have had the effect[...]
Global
Finance
Offsets • The Net Zero Target: The Voluntary Carbon Market Enters a New Dimension
This “special feature” of the 2022 Global Synthesis Report on C[...]
Region
Biodiversity
Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU)