ICLEI Links: 8 January 2016

Happy New Year to all our readers, and welcome to the first 2016 edition of ICLEI Links, our roundup of sustainability-related news and commentary from around the web!

City Stories

Where is the most cycle-friendly city in the world?

Vertical Farm 2.0 – Urban farming on a large scale

7 Awesome Ways Cities Are Leading The Climate Fight

Taking it to the Streets: How Cities Will Help Make the Paris Agreement Real

2016 – when global meets local in climate action

Climate Change Stories

Earth is Experiencing a Global Warming Spurt

Era of climate science denial is not over, study finds

Using Technology To Keep Carbon Emissions In Check

Fire, floods, tornadoes: fatal weather rounds out a year of extremes in 2015

Energy Stories

Six stories show renewable energy underpins a climate-friendly future

Green energy: How one power plant chips away at the UK’s carbon footprint

The Dirty Truth About ‘Clean Diesel’