City Metric, June 21, 2016 Benjamin Barber is the author of If mayors ruled the world, a 2013 book which argues, well, you can probably guess. He’s now putting his ideas into practice, by creating the Global Parliament of Mayors – a group of over 120 mayors which will hold its first meeting in The [...]

McKinsey Capital Projects and Infrastructure, June 2016 Cities are the world’s oldest governance bodies; they remain the most direct, formal contact most of us have with government. They are where most people work, play, pray, and raise their families. Link

Ted Ideas, May 31, 2016 Cities are the the 21st century’s dominant form of civilization - and they’re where humanity’s struggle for survival will take place. Robert Muggah and Benjamin Barber spell out the possibilities Link

Ted Ideas, May 13, 2016 I In the face of global crises like climate change and refugee migration, it seems sometimes that nation-states are hopelessly gridlocked and unable to act. At TEDGlobal 2013, political theorist Benjamin Barber laid out a counter-proposal: Go local.n the face of global crises like climate change and refugee migration, it [...]

Ambits, April 4, 2016 “Les ciutats estan millor preparades que els estats per donar solucions als nous reptes globals”. Link

We demain, March 24, 2016 Persuadé que la gouvernance locale est la réponse à la crise démocratique, le politologue Benjamin R. Barber travaille au lancement du Global Parliament of Mayors, dont la première session se tiendra en septembre à La Haye. We Demain l'a rencontré à Paris.   Link

Next City, February 22, 2016 With local leaders increasingly facing global challenges like climate change and large-scale migration — and often rising to the occasion — the more opportunities for mayors to collaborate, the better. This year, they’ll have another space for that kind of sharing: the first meeting of the Global Parliament of Mayors [...]

Cityscope, February 19, 2016 A new, experimental urban consortium will convene in September with the goal of tackling some of the greatest challenges facing the world’s cities. The Global Parliament of Mayors will hold its inaugural meeting September 10-12 in the Hague, Netherlands, the announcement says. Link

Algemeen Dagblad, May 9, 2016 Burgemeester Jozias van Aartsen is misschien wel op z'n best in het buitenland. De doorgewinterde bestuurder maakte gisteren indruk in New York met een groots initiatief. Link

Cities Speak, January 22, 2016 Building on a foundation of intercity cooperation aimed at addressing the increasing dysfunction of nation-states in dealing with global crises, Benjamin Barber proposes a governance revolution: the founding of a new global legislative body comprising the world’s cities called the Global Parliament of Mayors. Link