The Hague, November 27, 2017 - The death penalty is an unusually cruel and inhumane form of punishment. It constitutes a violation of the right to life and the right to live free of torture. The death penalty is often used politically, applied with an unequal hand in various judicial systems and demonstrably fails to deter crime. The Global [...]
The Hague, November 14, 2017 - As politicians and activists meet together for the COP23 summit in Bonn, the Global Parliament of Mayors stands in solidarity with the overwhelming majority of nations that have committed addressing climate change. Mayors are important allies in efforts to sharply reduce global carbon emissions, as cities and their communities [...]
Dubai, November 12, 2017 - The world's cities generate more than 75% of global carbon emissions – it's time for them to play a more prominent role in fighting climate change. Shanghai, Dhaka, Karachi, Hong Kong and Miami are "literally going under water," said Robert Muggah, Research Director of the Igarapé Institute, Brazil, addressing the [...]
Dubai, November 12, 2017 - Climate change is a reality that can't be ignored today, and cities will play an increasingly important role in fighting its adverse effects in the coming years, experts at the 2017 World Economic Forum in Dubai said on Sunday."If we get our cities right, we might achieve our 2030 goals; [...]
November 4, 2017 - Mail On Line has published a heat map with the movement of milions of migrants across Europe of the last 15 years. The map has been developed by the Igarapé Institute. In the article 'Astonishing map shows the movement of millions of migrants across Europe in past 15 years amid 'unprecedented' [...]
November 10 2017 - Watch todays published TED talk on building resilient cities by Robert Muggah, director of the Igarape Institute and member of the GPM Advisory Committee. TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where [...]
November 9 2017 - The short-lived reign of nation states is in decline. They are, after all, a late-comer to history. As recently as the mid-19th century, the world was divided into empires, city states and fledgling nation states. The last only started consolidating in the 20th century. And as the end of the Cold [...]
October 31 2017 - The world is reeling from cascading threats. Climate change, pandemics, inequality, conflicts, terrorism and even the terrifying prospect of nuclear war are all on the rise. Yet exactly when international cooperation is most urgently required, collective action is found wanting. Part of the reason is that the four-century-long experiment with nation [...]
Chicago, September 29 2017 - Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed: “The only way we’re going to have a voice big enough to focus on cities instead of nation states is having a unified body where we can think and work and plan. If we don’t have an organization like this we will continue to be relegated to [...]
October 2017 - The Economist has published the Safer Cities Report that analyses the results of the 2017 index, both overall and by each of the four categories: digital security, health security, infrastructure security, and personal security. Additional insight into the index results and urban safety, more generally, was gained through interviews with experts. Three members of the [...]
