7 July 2021 - On July 6 the British Council, C40 Cities-Mayors Migration Council Global Mayors Task Force on Climate and Migration (C40-MMC Task Force), the Global Parliament of Mayors (GPM), and International Organization for Migration (IOM) have joined and hosted a side event of the UN High Level Political Forum on climate change and [...]
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 [...]
World Mayor Prize 2021 13 July, 2021 - The GPM is very proud to announce that GPM Mayors Kurz (Mannheim, Germany, GPM Chair), Rio (Braga, Portugal, GPM Treasurer), Aki-Sawyerr (Freetown, Sierra Leone), and Aboutaleb (Rotterdam, the Netherlands) have been included as finalists for the 2021 World Mayor Prize. The winners of the 2021 World Mayor [...]
7 July, 2021 - Global Coalition of City Leaders Push for Climate Action On Tuesday, July 6, mayors from around the world came together with representatives of national governments and UN officials at an official side event of the United Nations High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (UN HLPF 2021) to discuss the pressing [...]
WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 2021,17:00-19:30 UTC (click here to convert to your local time zone) Language: English REGISTER HERE Partnering through Culture, Heritage and Art for Resilient and Inclusive Recovery Culture is now recognized as the fourth dimension of sustainable development, and one that permeates all other aspects of it. With a unique ability to support resilience and [...]
Registration has now opened: https://gpm628089.typeform.com/to/cKP584bN The British Council, C40 Cities-Mayors Migration Council Global Mayors Task Force on Climate and Migration (C40-MMC Task Force), the Global Parliament of Mayors (GPM), and International Organization for Migration (IOM) join together to host a side event of the UN High Level Political Forum on climate change and [...]
22 June 2021 - The GPM congratulates Grace-Mary Mugasa, former mayor of Hoima, Uganda, on her recent appointment as Minister of State for Public Service in Uganda. Former Mayor Mugasa is one of the founders of the Global Parliament of Mayors in 2016 and was 2nd Vice-Chair of the GPM Executive Committee until her appointment [...]
9 June, 2021 - City leaders and mayors from across the globe gathered for the first G7 U7 conference. GPM Chair and Mayor Peter Kurz represented the GPM. "COVID-19 has made clear that governance structure needs to change. Demand for real multilevel governance may seem convenient, every one can agree, demand is in fact a [...]
The Global Parliament of Mayors in partnership with the British Council has completed the GPM Report High Level meeting 20 April on the Uniting Mayors: Local Solutions to Global Climate Challenges. This report presents all research findings and reflections on the impact of climate change and the rise of sea levels on climate-related migration and [...]
12 May 2021 – Ivo Daalder will take on the role of Chair of the Advisory Committee of the Global Parliament of Mayors (GPM). He succeeds Professor Sheila Foster (Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA) and Dr. Robert Muggah (Igarapé Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), who led the committee from 2017-2020. Ambassador Daalder is president of [...]
