ICLEI Links: 28 August 2015

Welcome to the latest edition of ICLEI Links, our roundup of sustainability-related news and commentary from around the web!

City Stories

Paris Will Stop All Traffic, Literally, For One Day in September

Can the New Urban Agenda spark the local action needed?

Why Municipalities Are the Key to Fighting Climate Change

Rethinking the Ideal City Government Will Be Messy

To Reduce Inequality Among Neighborhoods, Make Inclusion the Central Goal

How cities can beat the heat

Climate Change Stories

U.S. Mayors Step Up As Key Advocates for Climate Change Action during UN Conference in Paris

Decoding Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) – a guide (PDF)

Can Christiana Figueres persuade humanity to save itself?

Islamic Declaration on Climate Change Calls For 1.6 billion Muslims to Support Strong Paris Agreement

12 tools for communicating climate change more effectively

Ranking the World’s Most Water-Stressed Countries in 2040

Energy Stories

Solar lamps make big money for Bangladesh

The U.S. Just Approved One of the World’s Biggest Solar Power Plants

Geothermal Leap for Developing World Needs Public Finance

Water, Climate, Energy Intertwined with Fight Against Poverty in Central America