Monrovia, March 2018 - Monrovia's Mayor Jefferson T. Koijee: “Coming out of a fourteen yearlong brutal and destructive civil crisis and an almost two-year Ebola pandemic that broke down our social, political, and economic fabric of our city in particular and nation as a whole, I have come as a young man with [...]
Amman, 19-23 March 2018 - GPM Executive Committee member Mayor Wolusmal (Kandahar, Afghanistan) represented the Global Parliament of Mayors at the Centre for Mediterranean Integration during the workshop: "Strategic Planning for Local Economic Development". This event was organised in partnership with Greater Amman Municipality, the World Bank, UN-Habitat, [...]
The Hague, February 14 2018 - The GPM is proud to announce that the publication of its Annual Report 2017. The report illustrates how the GPM has grown, succesfully setting up its foundations in 2017, thanks to the support of GPM mayors representing all continents. Click here for the Annual Report. [...]
The Hague, February 8, 2018 - GPM is present at this year’s WORLD URBAN FORUM 9 @WUF9KL in Kuala Lumpur. GPM member Mannheim (Germany) will host two workshops. On February 10 "GPM as a Multiplier- Scaling the Mannheim Model of Implementing the SDGs and the New Urban Agenda on the City Level - Implement, Measure, Govern, [...]
Sign up now to be a part of the three-days Mayors Summit in Bristol (UK), from 21-23 October. Click here for more information, links to the registration form and hotel accomodation.
Gjilan, February 2018 - Gjilan's Mayor Lutfi Haziri: "Becoming a member of the Global Parliament of Mayors is more than a privilege; it is a duty for me! I believe that the GPM provides a great forum for experiences of many other cities around the globe from which my own city could learn, [...]
The Hague, January 16, 2018 - While some world leaders resist global cooperation, city leaders are working across borders to tackle big issues like global warming, immigration and terrorism, says urban expert and GPM Advisory Committee Member Robert Muggah. Amid the relentlessly grim news on climate change, there is a glimmer of hope — and [...]
Chicago, December 7, 2017 - Climate change threatens the very basis of human survival everywhere - from nation states to cities. Yet in spite of the devastating impacts and economic costs of global warming, sea level rise and contamination of air, water, and soil, national authorities are reluctantly mitigating and adapting to these threats. This is because national politicians [...]
The Hague, December 6, 2017 - Mayors from 50 cities around the world gathered in Chicago for a North America Climate Summit between 4-6 December 2017. They signed an unprecedented international declaration - the Chicago Climate Charter - that commits tens of millions of people to achieving the carbon emissions reductions targets set out in [...]
Barcelona, November 28, 2017 - Key note speech by Robert Muggah (GPM Advisory Committee/co-founder Igarapé Institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil): 'From Fragile to Resilient Cities'. The planet is facing monumental threats including climate change, inequality, migration, pandemics and terrorism. Yet, at precisely the moment collective action is most urgently needed, international and national institutions are stumbling. [...]
