ICLEI Links: 27 March 2015
ICLEI Stories
ICLEI partners with new global program “Renewable Cities”
City Stories
The steep costs of living so far apart from each other
Why Young Urbanists Made Their Own City Plan for Helsinki
Boris Johnson confirms Ultra Low Emission Zone, funding boost for green cabs
SAN DIEGO TO GO 100% RENEWABLE BY 2035
Energy Stories
Costa Rica goes 75 days powering itself using only renewable energy
France decrees new rooftops must be covered in plants or solar panels
United Reformed Church of Scotland to divest from fossil fuels
Rockefeller Brothers Fund: it is our moral duty to divest from fossil fuels
Helping cities make the switch to a low carbon economy
UK and Norway to build world’s longest undersea energy interconnector
Hainan Airlines completed China’s first passenger flight with biofuel made from waste cooking oil
Climate Change Stories
Earth hour: millions will switch off lights around the world for climate action
Are we looking in the wrong place for climate change solutions?
EARTH HOUR 2015 – BAN KI-MOON URGES YOU TO USE #YOURPOWER #CLIMATECHANGE #EARTHHOUR
Full text of climate change statement signed by 26 European mayors
Climate change: decline in the Amazon carbon sink due to excessive tree mortality