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ICLEI Links: 27 February 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. Lots of energy stories this week… ICLEI Stories What does the Tea Party have against ICLEI and sustainability? ICLEI World Congress host Seoul plans to cut emissions 

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Sendai Conference raises the curtain for the post-2015 development agenda, focusing on disaster risk reduction

On 13-18 March 2014, ICLEI Member City Sendai (Japan) will host the 3rd World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction (WCDRR). The conference aims to finalize the design of the international and multistakeholder framework of collaboration on disaster risk reduction for the next couple of decades. WCDRR is of particular importance as the first decadal intergovernmental 

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ICLEI Links: 20 February 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 Resilient Cities Asia Pacific congress calls for action on urban resilience  ICLEI Member Bristol embarks on year as European Green Capital City Stories Why “100 

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Freiburg’s Cycling Concept 2020

The city of Freiburg in Germany will be attending the ICLEI World Congress 2015 in Seoul. Among the many great initiatives they have to share, one really stands out: their “Cycling Concept 2020” project. Cycling Concept 2020, launched in 2011 as part of a new transport plan, is hoping to ensure that by 2020, over 

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Bristol’s Ambitions

ICLEI Member Bristol will participate in the ICLEI World Congress 2015 in Seoul. We look forward to having them there and to learning from them. It’s a big year for Bristol! They became the first European Green Capital from the UK, and they have some fantastic ambitions. Here’s a bit more about them… Background Bristol 

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#ResilientCities Asia-Pacific Day 3: Financing Urban Resilience

After two days of learning about various perspectives and methodologies in building urban resilience, city leaders and delegates turned to one of the more pivotal issues in the field – that of financing resilience actions – in the penultimate plenary on Day 3 of Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific: 1st Asia-Pacific Forum on Urban Resilience and Adaptation. 

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Our top 5 tweets for day 3

Here are our top 5 tweets for the last day of the Resilient Cities Asia-Pacific Congress: Recognize, engage and empower – says @ICLEI_SG at the closing session of #ResilientCities Asia-Pacific 2015. @ICLEI_ResCities Its not just about giving privilege to the poor, making them participate is what really counts – Red Constantino @icsc_ph #ResilientCities @ICLEISouthAsia The 

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