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
Adaptation
Land use

Biodiversity • Strengthening ecological connectivity to adapt ecosystems to climate change

In the face of alarming biodiversity loss, conservatio[...]

2022
Region
Governance

Scotland • Linking climate action and the SDGs

Enacted in 2009 and updated in October 2019, Scotland’s Climate Change Act sets an ambitious targe[...]

2022
City
Adaptation
Governance

Kigali • Combining mitigation and resilience

As part of its mandate to implement national policies on its territory, especially the commitment of[...]

2022
City
Building
Energy

Alba Iulia • Taking on the building decarbonisation challenge head on

The Alba Local Energy Agency (ALEA), created in 2008 with main objective to[...]

2022
Region
Governance

Silesia • A much-needed “just transition” away from coal

Three years after the Silesian Declaration on Solidarity and Just Transition[...]

2022
Region
Land use

Madre de Dios • From pathways planning to implementation

Completing its decarbonisation pathway through the Climate Pathway Project, Madre de Dio[...]

2022
Region
Governance

Dannieh • Using the SEACAP as a climate finance tool

The Dannieh agglomeration falls within the boundaries of the Minieh-Dannieh district (qaza) [...]

2022
City
Energy

Florence • The eea Gold certification in 2021

Since a long time, Florence has had an emissions reporting system linked to spatial planning acts t[...]

2022
City
Governance

Athens • A whole department of the municipality dedicated to developing resilience

As the warmest European city, Athens is considered as one of t[...]

2022
Region
Governance

Basque Country • Urban Klima 2050, the largest climate action project in the Basque Country

Urban Klima 2050 aims to strengthen climate governanc[...]

2022
City
Governance

Molina de Segura • A Youth-Climate Participatory Budget to mainstream climate action

Inspired by Lisbon's Participatory Budget (PB), the Molina d[...]

2022
City
Energy

Zagreb • Fighting energy poverty through a university teaching programme

The city of Zagreb, working with the faculty of engineering at the unive[...]

2022
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