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.
Bloomberg’s Next Anti-Washington Move: $200 Million Program for US Mayors
New York, June 25, 2017 - Michael R. Bloomberg will throw his financial might into helping beleaguered American mayors, creating a $200 million philanthropic program aimed at backing inventive policies at the city level and [...]
NEW MEMBER: Business Region Aarhus (Denmark)
Aarhus, June, 2017 - 12 Mayors representing Business Region Aarhus in Denmark have joined the Global Parliament of Mayors. The signing ceremony took place at the People's Political Festival (Folkemoedet); an annual political event which [...]
GPM committed to meeting targets COP21
Mannheim, June 3, 2017 - The recent decision of U.S. President Trump to withdraw from the Paris Agreement (COP21) underlines the imperative for cities around the world to assume the lead on climate change. The [...]
‘Safe havens: why cities are crucial to the global refugee crisis’
NY - June 6, 2017 - The world is facing unprecedented levels of population displacement. At least 65 million people are on the move, including 21.3 million refugees and 31 million internally displaced persons since the beginning of 2016. [...]
Sanctuary Cities are Critical to Managing the Global Refugee Crisis
Chicago, June 3, 2017 - The world is facing unprecedented and catastrophic levels of population displacement. At least 65 million people are on the move, including 21 million refugees and 41 million internally displaced persons. [...]
NEW MEMBER: Mayor Kasim Reed, Atlanta, USA
Atlanta, May 2017 – Atlanta’s Mayor Kasim Rees: “We are proud to join the Global Parliament of Mayors, an international network for sharing best practices, resources, and our cumulative talent. Around the world, cities are [...]
Guardian article about Dr. Barber’s last book on Climate Change
‘How to fix climate change: put cities, not countries, in charge: It can’t be left to dysfunctional nation states to tackle – but as Oslo and Seoul have shown, metropolitan centres can rise to the [...]
Eileen Haring Woods, Interim chair of the Consultative Committee, in a Guardian article:
‘Why has devolution been a disaster for gender equality? Only one woman is expected to be elected as a metro mayor in Thursday’s local elections. The male culture could hold back women’s interests, warn campaigners [...]
2017 Annual Convening Global Parliament of Mayors
From Sunday September 24 to Tuesday September 26, the 2nd Annual Convening of the GPM will be hosted by the City of Stavanger, Norway. The Annual Convening aims to bring together the GPM mayors from [...]
Dr Benjamin Barber – August 2 1939 – April 24 2017
New York, April 25 - Dr Barber, Founder of the Global Parliament of Mayors died on April 24th. In his last weeks, he wrote: “ Thank you, dear friends, for your leadership in the Global Parliament [...]