Some 21.5 million people per year on average over the past decade have had to flee their homes due to climate related reasons. By 2050, over 200 million people will be forced to leave their homes because of climate change. Mayors are optimally placed to address local challenges associated with climate displacement, undertake concrete steps to prepare for and adapt to the impact of climate change and work in tandem with their national and regional counterparts.
The GPM supports city leaders as they address this global challenge and has joined forces with the British Council to put a spotlight on city leaders and the importance of local action through the project “Uniting Mayors for Local Solutions to Global Climate Challenges”. Under the leadership of GPM Champion Climate Mayors Lowe (Banjul, the Gambia), Orlando (Palermo, Italy) and Rio (Braga, Portugal) more than 75 mayors from around the world, representatives of city networks such as the Mayors Migration Council (MMC) and OECD, and international organizations like the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and UN Habitat contributed to the dialogue on Climate Related Migration through panels, interviews and Roundtables.
At the request of the GPM and British Council, professors Kamal Amakrane (Columbia University) and Sheila Foster (Georgetown University) investigated the level of awareness among mayors about how climate-forced displacement and migration is affecting their communities, as well as the extent to which they are preparing, with or without support from other levels of government, to protect displaced communities and help receiving ones. The research group has shared the research findings in the report “Local Responses to Climate-Forced Displacement & Migration“. The research was also designed to identify the desired, and required, city leadership and to propose a toolkit with options for leaders to address the issue of climate-forced displacement. The research provided the framework for the Call to Action on Climate Migration.
The output of this global dialogue is captured in a multi-level Call to Action on Climate Change, Cities and Forced Migration: Advancing Knowledge, Action, and Collaboration signed by more than 40 mayors together with city networks representing hundreds of cities and metropolitan areas around the world.
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Signatory Mayors
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Amman, Jordan
Mayor Yousef Shawarbeh
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Banjul, the Gambia
Mayor Rohey Malick Lowe
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Beira, Mozambique
Mayor Albano Carige
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Bristol, United Kingdom
Mayor Marvin Rees
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Columbia, USA
Mayor Stephen Benjamin
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Durban, South Africa
Mayor Mxolisi Kaunda
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Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Mayor Hubert Bruls
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Freetown, Sierra Leone
Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr
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Ghent, Belgium
Mayor Mathias de Clercq
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Afanloum, Cameroon
Mayor Marie Angele Meyanga
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Braga, Portugal
Mayor Ricardo Rio
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Mannheim, Germany
Mayor Peter Kurz
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Brussels, Belgium
Mayor Philippe Close
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Nebbi, Uganda
Mayor Geoffrey Ngiriker
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Rabat, Morocco
Mayor Mohamed Sadiki
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Palermo, Italy
Mayor Leoluca Orlando
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Vyas, Nepal
Mayor Baikuntha Neupane
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The Hague, the Netherlands
Mayor Jan van Zanen
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Hebron, Palestine
Mayor Tayseer Abu Snienah
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Wroclaw, Poland
Mayor Jacek Sutryk
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Mansakonko Council, the Gambia
Mayor Landing B. Sanneh
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Katowice, Poland
Mayor Marcin Krupa
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Hoima, Uganda
Mayor Grace Mary Mugasa
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Mafra, Portugal
Mayor Helder Sousa Silva
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Leicester, United Kingdom
Mayor Peter Soulsby
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Cape Town, South Africa
Mayor Dan Plato
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Dayton, Ohio, USA
Mayor Nan Whaley
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Puli Alam, Afghanistan
Mayor Naseer Ahmad Lilizai
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Tallinn, Estonia
Mayor Mihhail Kõlvart
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Nicosia, Greece
Mayor Constantinos Yiorkadjis
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Pittsburgh, USA
Mayor William Peduto
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Kampala (Kabale), Uganda
Mayor Byamugisha Sentaro
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Tirana, Albania
Mayor Erion Veliaj
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Antsirabe, Madagascar
Mayor Rasamimanana Honoré Gabriel
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Manchester, UK
Cllr. Tracy Rawlins
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Quelimane, Mozambique
Mayor Manuel A. Alculete Lopes de Araujo
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Munich, Germany
Deputy Mayor Katryn Habenschaden
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Bilbao, Spain
Mayor Juan Mari Aburto Rique
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Palmira, Colombia
Mayor Óscar Escobar
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Trenggalek, Indonesia
Mayor Bpk Emil Elestianto Dardak
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Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Mayor Solomon Mguni
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Entebbe, Uganda
Mayor Fabrice Rulinda
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Nansana Municipality, Uganda
Mayor Regina Bakitte Nakazzi
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Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Mayor Emil Boc
Partners Signatories
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The British Council
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Peace in Our Cities
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C40 Cities
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Mayors Migration Council
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Welcoming America
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International Council on Monuments and Sites
PROJECT UNITING MAYORS:
LOCAL SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHALLENGES
Mayors are optimally placed to address local challenges associated with climate displacement, working in tandem with their national and regional counterparts. The GPM will support these city leaders with tools and resources to take local action to address this global challenge. With the project ‘Uniting Mayors for Local Solutions to Global Climate Challenges’, the GPM will empower city leaders, from the Global North and South, especially low-lying areas threatened by rising sea levels, to ensure that their voices are heard among decision-makers on the global climate emergency. The GPM will also ensure that the voices of women, young people and diverse voices are included in the debate. Join the project ‘Uniting Mayors for Local Solutions to Global Climate Challenges’ to take part in an innovative urban response to climate change and climate-related migration and drive real global change! Visit the GPM Uniting Mayors webpage for more information: https://globalparliamentofmayors.org/unitingmayors/
THE DELIVERABLES
Two dynamic and engaging virtual debates for mayors have been organised in April and June. Mayors have debated how to move forward both in their own communities, to protect their citizens from the threats of climate change, and together, as a governance body, to build up a coalition of mayors and communities to make real change. In October, Mayors will deliver a Call to Action, a uniting front to accelerate action on climate-related migration by promoting, guiding, monitoring and sharing experience on climate resilience amongst mayors. City networks, NGOs and international organisations will also be invited to support the Call to Action. This Mayors Call to Action will be an integral framework, bringing together mayors to present their plans and push for climate-resilient action at COP-26 that will take place from 1-12 November 2021 in Glasgow (UK).
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