The Global Parliament of Mayors is a governance body of, by and for mayors from all continents. It builds on the experience, expertise and leadership of mayors in tackling local challenges resulting from global problems. At the same time, it brings local knowledge to the table and thus participates actively in global strategy debates and underscores the need for practical, action oriented solutions.
Amsterdam to ban diesel and petrol vehicles by 2030
8 May 2019 – The Hague The City of Amsterdam has taken an important measurement in local self-governance in support of sustainability and climate change. Last week the City Council of Amsterdam announced, by Mayor [...]
Cities Are Rising in Influence and Power on the Global Stage
Nowadays more and more cities start raising their voices and get involved in the international policy-making. People used to perceive cities as local governments that have nothing to do with global governance. Fortunately, this conviction [...]
GPM Summit Registration is open!
The GPM Annual Summit 2019 will take place in Durban, South Africa, from 9th to 11th November 2019. The main theme is 'Empowering Cities for the 2020s, a decade of change: shaping multi-level governance on a [...]
Mayor Rees warmly welcomes Mayor Neupane
11 April 2019 - Today Mayor Neupane of Vyas Municipality and Mr Rajendra Bahadur Adhikari, Advisor, International Relations/Affairs Vyas Municipality, were warmly welcomed by Mayor Rees at the Bristol City Council. Both Mayors are part [...]
UN Habitat and Mannheim work towards accreditation of GPM
The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed during the Global Strategic Dialogue Series, its first session convened jointly by the City of Mannheim and the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). The parties shall [...]
Fundraising Link to help Beira in Cyclone Crisis
Bristol has launched a fundraising link in their sustainability campaign to help the city of Beira in Mozambique. Bristol's connection to Beira has been based on charity support for 30 years through Bristol's special relationship [...]
Utrecht silent march “there is no place for hate and violence”
2019-03-22 UTRECHT - Participants carry a banner saying: Utrecht will never bend during the silent march. ANP Robin Van Lonkhuijsen. 25 March 2019 - On Friday a silent March was initiated by residents [...]
We stand strong in solidarity – Christchurch, New Zealand
It is with great sadness to hear of the tragic mass shooting and terror that took place at two mosques on 15 March 2019 during the Friday Prayer. We express our condolences and deepest sympathy [...]
Cyclone Idai hits GPM Member City of Beira, Mozambique
The Cyclone Idai storm made landfall shortly after midnight on March 15 in Beira, GPM member city and a port city on the coast of Mozambique, with winds that brought huge rains and submerged villages [...]
Pandemics are the world’s silent killers. We need new ways to contain them.
Most states are still failing to meet minimum international standards to detect, assess, report, or respond to major public health threats. At least five underlying factors seem to be quickening up the risk of pandemics: globalization, high-density living, massive [...]