ICLEI Links: 8 May 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
Metropolitan Solutions to feature innovative Lounge Talks for city-business networking
Doornkop Renewable Energy Expo a huge success
City Stories
Maple Shade, Southampton townships awarded grants to become more earth friendly
Driverless Cars and Public Transit Would Cut Traffic By 90% – OECD
The smog reducing electronic vacuum cleaner
Energy Stories
Fossil-Fuel Subsidy Reform and the Road to Paris (VIDEO)
Raise a glass to neat ideas for more eco-friendly whisky
Team of students from UNSW close to creating Australia’s first road legal solar sports car
Afterburn: Society Beyond Fossil Fuels (VIDEO)
Climate Change Stories
Bringing mangroves back as defenders of climate change impacts
In the Marshall Islands, everything is climate change
Don’t mention climate change! Europe’s response to the refugee crisis is doomed to fail
UNDP: Nepal – A lesson in the risks climate change poses to disaster-prone countries – Opinion