ICLEI Links: 30 January 2015
Welcome to the latest edition of ICLEI Links, our roundup of sustainability-related news and commentary from around the web! Thanks to all on Twitter and elsewhere for sharing.
ICLEI Stories
All four Urban-LEDS countries represented in Earth Hour City Challenge Finalists
City Stories
L.A. City Council introduces plan to encourage urban farming
Bringing Sustainability to Small-Town America
Do Canada’s cities still work? (VIDEO)
Shanghai first major Chinese region to ditch GDP growth target
Hamburg to bury the Autobahn and make room for parks
Energy Stories
Why cheap oil will not wreck the prospects for renewable energy
Turning farm waste into biofuels now possible and makes economic sense, research shows
Why Dedicating Land to Bioenergy Won’t Curb Climate Change
Climate Change Stories
Let’s face it: we have to choose between our economy and our future
‘World can cut carbon emissions and live well’