History
November 2021
Call to Action on Climate Migration Unites Hundreds of Cities Around the World
18 November 2021 – Approximately 200 million people are expected to leave their homes due to climate change by 2050, with most of those displaced people moving to cities. Forced migration is the human face [...]
The Diplomatic Courier on the GPM Palermo Summit 2021
9 November, 2021 - On 31 October, World Cities Day, the Diplomatic Courier published a short article on the GPM, the Annual Summit 2021 in Palermo, and the position papers produced for the event. Throughout [...]
GPM Chair Mayor Peter Kurz at COP26
4 November 2021 - Mayor Peter Kurz, Chair of the GPM, hosted the panel "The Local Green Deal: Achieving Climate Neutrality by 2030 with Mannheim's Innovative Governance Approach" during the Multilevel Action Pavilion, the home [...]
Freetown to Treetown – Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr on COP 26
4 November, 2021- "Climate change is real, it is here, now. It is not something from the future" - GPM Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr is part of COP 26, pushing for urgent climate action and the [...]
Welcoming America and the Task Force on Climate Migration (C40&MMC) Support GPM Call to Action
3 November, 2021 - Nonprofit and nonpartisan organization Welcoming America, and the Global Mayors Task Force on Climate and Migration from C40 Cities and the Mayors Migration Council have signed the CALL TO ACTION: Climate [...]
October 2021
Grace Mary Mugasa, newest Honorary Member of the GPM
22 October, 2021 - The GPM has appointed Grace Mary Mugasa, Uganda’s Minister of State for Public Services, as Honorary Member of the GPM. The Honorary Membership is awarded to mayors that have shown consistent [...]