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)

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Waste Management

Fugitive emissions • A blind spot in the fight against climate change

The category of fugitive emissions covers a vast number of poorly controlle[...]

Rail • Greenhouse gas emissions: a decisive asset for rail?

Globally, rail is a mode of transport that does not emit much in the way of greenhous[...]

India • Policies for low carbon pathway and the role of non-state actors

An efficient transport system is crucial for India as it witnesses risin[...]

Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU)

Ivory Coast • Winning back its forests

In the country’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC), submitted in preparation for the COP [...]

Portugal • A blazing energy transition hampered by the resilience of coal

Portugal, a country that is home to 10 million people, has become one o[...]

The United States • Towards a bottom-up climate leadership?

The American power sector reveals the importance of non-state actors. We will conduct[...]

Agriculture, Forestry and Other Land Use (AFOLU)

France • The indispensable role of biomass and soils, concrete actions still being discussed

In 2016, in metropolitan France, the land sector was[...]

Canada • The energy intensity of the residential sector becomes more efficient

Canada is located in latitudes where climate change is particularl[...]

Canada • The long road towards decarbonisation of the electricity mix

Canada needs to achieve total decarbonisation of its electricity production[...]

South Africa • Making road transport a solid pillar in combating greenhouse gas emissions

Following the example of the international community in[...]

Brazil • Stabilization of road transport emissions in the country of ethanol

This chapter analyses the factors explaining the evolution of emissi[...]

Germany • A model under construction?

At the turn of the 2000s, Germany embarked on a transformation of its electricity production that is still[...]

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