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ICLEI Links: 7 August 2015

Welcome to the latest edition of ICLEI Links, our roundup of sustainability-related news and commentary from around the web! City Stories How Driverless Cars Could Turn Parking Lots into City Parks Habitat III is all about cities. The UN should give them a seat at the table Designing Safer Cities in India: Reducing Speed and 

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What is a Transformative Climate Action?

With the launch of the Transformative Actions Program (TAP), ICLEI and a wide range of partners are showcasing the best of local climate action to drive investment at the local level and to inform the political process surrounding this. The TAP is highlighting how cities, municipalities, and regions have the potential to radically transform our 

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ICLEI Links: 31 July 2015

Welcome to the latest edition of ICLEI Links, our roundup of sustainability-related news and commentary from around the web! City Stories Boris Johnson unveils plans to make London the electric vehicle capital of Europe End of the car age: how cities are outgrowing the automobile Sydney’s world-first ‘e-paper’ street signs Google Street View Now Monitors 

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Jeonju, South Korea: Come for the Food, Stay for the Environment!

The city of Jeonju is famous throughout Korea for its delicious cuisine, and was named a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy in 2012. The city also contains a historic and traditional village, which attracts visitors all year round. Jeonju wants to tie its cultural and gastronomic heritage to environmental progress, and is aiming to become 

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TAPplications: the 100,000 Houses Plan in Nord-Pas de Calais

This blog series presents some of the applications to the Transformative Actions Program, to show you how cities are “tapping” their potential for sustainability. For more information on the TAP, please visit the website. The Nord-Pas de Calais Region’s 100,000 Houses Plan, submitted for the TAP, is a vast housing refurbishment project with an environmental, 

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Call for Photos: EcoMobility Champions!

In October 2015, Johannesburg will host the the second EcoMobility World Festival – a month-long celebration and exploration of sustainable urban mobility. As a part of the festival, the city is closing its Sandton Central Business District to as many private cars as possible. Instead of driving, citizens will be encouraged to use public transport, 

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ICLEI Links: 24 July 2015

Welcome to the latest edition of ICLEI Links, our roundup of sustainability-related news and commentary from around the web! ICLEI Stories Mayors of ICLEI Member cities join historic Vatican signing Johannesburg all set for EcoMobility Dialogues 2015 City Stories Millennials Will Live In Cities Unlike Anything We’ve Ever Seen Before As Beijing Becomes a Supercity, 

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Resilient Cities 2015 Interviews: Sean O’Donoghue

We conducted a series of interviews at our Resilient Cities 2015 congress. Here, Sean O’Donoghue (Manager, Climate Protection Branch, eThekwini Municipality/Durban, South Africa) discusses the importance of regional partnerships for adaptation.

Cities in Action: Hatyai’s Community Waste Separation

Hatyai, a bustling city in southern Thailand near the Malaysian border, is concentrating on land use issues to speed up sustainability. With limited landfill areas, the community is working to separate waste and nearly halve the amount of trash sent to landfill. Solid sorted waste will be transported to a waste-to-energy gasification plant in Tambon 

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A Time for Pioneering Local Climate Action

As the COP21 approaches, national governments have recognized that, as UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon put it, “The road to sustainability runs through the world’s towns and cities.” The world has woken up to the power of local and subnational governments to act first on climate change, with a growing number of organizations looking to unite 

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