Case studies and Trends in action

The Observatory publishes, alongside its annual reports, a series of case studies and trends in action, of countries, cities and regions, at the crossroads of national policies and non-state actions, to provide a qualitative analysis of the evolution of greenhouse gas emissions.

Global
Energy

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

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

2018
Global
Transport

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[...]

2018
Country
Transport

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[...]

2018
Country
Land use

Ivory Coast • Winning back its forests

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

2018
Country
Energy

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[...]

2018
Country
Energy

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

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

2018
Country
Land use

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

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

2018
Country
Building

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

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

2018
Country
Energy

Canada • The long road towards decarbonisation of the electricity mix

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

2018
Country
Transport

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

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

2018
Country
Transport

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

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

2018
Country
Energy

Germany • A model under construction?

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

2018
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