ICLEI Links: 27 March 2015

ICLEI Stories

Advancing SDGs at the local and subnational level: Input to UN negotiations on Post2015 development agenda

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

Climate Change And Food Security: Global Banana Market Is Feeling The Strain Of Hotter Weather, Longer Droughts