Mayors at the kick-off event
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Adelaide, Australia
Mayor Sandy Verschoor
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Afanloum, Cameroon
Mayor Marie Angele Meyanga
![rohey](https://globalparliamentofmayors.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/rohey-1-150x150.jpg)
Banjul, the Gambia
Mayor Rohey Malick Lowe
Champion Climate Mayor
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Bern, Switzerland
Mayor Alec von Graffenried
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Braga, Portugal
Mayor Ricardo Rio
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Freetown, Sierra Leone
Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr
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Glasgow, Scotland
Councillor Susan Aitken
Host COP26
![OBEckartWuerzner](https://globalparliamentofmayors.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/OBEckartWuerzner-150x150.jpg)
Heidelberg, Germany
Mayor Eckart Würzner
![Grace-Mary-Mugasa](https://globalparliamentofmayors.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Grace-Mary-Mugasa-e1561628674962-150x150.jpg)
Hoima, Uganda
Mayor Grace Mary Mugasa
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Iganga, Uganda
Mayor Balaba David
![Peter Kurz](https://globalparliamentofmayors.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Peter-Kurz-e1578570417913-150x150.jpg)
Mannheim, Germany
Mayor Peter Kurz
GPM Chair
![Honn](https://globalparliamentofmayors.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Honn-e1563964142790-150x150.jpg)
Nebbi, Uganda
Mayor Geoffrey Ngiriker
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Quelimane, Mozambique
Mayor Manuel de Araújo
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Palermo, Italy
Mayor Leoluca Orlando
Champion Climate Mayor
![Mayor Bryan K. Barnett](https://globalparliamentofmayors.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/MayorHeadshotOffice012small-1-e1576854388241-150x150.jpg)
Rochester Hills, USA
Mayor Bryan K. Barnett
At the project kickoff, GPM Champion Climate Mayors Rohey Malick Lowe (Banjul, the Gambia) and Mayor Ricardo Rio (Braga, Portugal) will share their first-hand perspectives about the importance of addressing climate change and climate-related migration. Why have these Mayors decided to become Champion Climate Mayors and why should other Mayors join? They will address the importance of cooperation between mayors in order to have a global impact. Together with the research team Professor Sheila Foster (Georgetown University) and Associate Professor Amal Amakrane (Columbia University) they will present how people-centred action through local communities can address climate change-related migration, and support Mayors in their efforts to develop innovative urban responses to climate change and climate-related migration.
Research Team
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