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GPM supports CNCA Open letter to financial leaders
20 May 2020 - This week, the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance, in collaboration with the Global Parliament of Mayors, Eurocities, UK100, Alliance des Collectivites Pour la Qualite de l'Air, and the Urban Sustainability Directors Network, [...]
Our Cities Will Look After the Coronavirus Pandemic
The pandemic will change urban life forever. Foreign Policy asked 11 leading global experts in urban policy, planning, history, and health for their predictions, read the outcome here: special cities edition (foreign policy may 2020)
GPM Supports Statement of Solidarity: Advancing Health, Reinforcing Peace
28 April 2020 - The GPM endorsed the Solidarity Statement 'Advancing Health, Reforcing Peace' by Peace in Our Cities. Mayors stand in solidarity with one another on the frontlines of response to COVID-19. Inspired [...]
Migrants and mayors are the unsung heroes of COVID-19. Here’s why
Mayoral employees deliver food to a poor Bogota neighbourhood, April 2020 Image: REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez 24 Apr 2020 Robert MuggahFounder, SecDev Group and Igarapé Institute Vittoria ZanusoExecutive Director, Mayors Migration Council In every crisis it is [...]
Inside the #MayorsActNow Campaign
Inside the #MayorsActNow Campaign April 22, 2020 Blog written by Baharan Andishmand and Pietro d’Arcano The Global Parliament of Mayors initiated the Corona Crisis: Mayors Act Now Campaign to keep mayors informed and connected during [...]
Mayor Leoluca Orlando (Palermo) asks EU Mayors to support EU petition COVID-19
Call from Mayor Leoluca Orlando of Palermo and GPM Executive Committee member: The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen has recently declared that “we need a Marshall Plan for Europe”. I am [...]
Joint letter Mayors Amsterdam, Barcelona, Paris and Milan to ask for no austerity as way out of Covid-19 crisis
In a joint letter published together with the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, Amsterdam, Femke Halsema, Milan, Giuseppe Sala and Barcelona, Ada Colau; Mayors have asked the European Union to not apply austerity measures as a [...]
Redesigning The COVID-19 City
Opinion: Redesigning The COVID-19 City April 20, 20207:15 PM ET Robert Muggah is a principal of the SecDev Group and cofounder of the Igarape Institute. His latest book, Terra Incognita, co-authored with Ian Goldin, focuses on [...]