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Power to the Cities
12 July 2020 - Whether it be climate change, financial crises or, most recently, the corona crisis: in a globalised world, political challenges are increasingly reaching beyond previous borders. Occurrences at a market in the [...]
GPM Summit 2020 Postponed to 17-19 April 2021
6 July 2020 - Because of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the Executive Committee has announced that the GPM Annual Summit is postponed to next year and will take place on 17-19 April 2021 in Palermo, [...]
Invitation to support GPM Resolution to reduce violence by 50% in 2030
26 June 2020 - A key global priority is reducing violence of all forms, especially in cities. Over 600,000 people are killed every year around the world in situations of urban conflict, extremism, crime and [...]
Summary note webinar “The Right to Adequate Housing”
24 June 2020 - Webinar "The impact of COVID-19 on the right to adequate housing: local government perspectives", co-hosted by UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Mr. Balakrishnan Rajagopal, and the Global [...]
Global Urban Safety and Security
27 May 2020 - GPM Chair Peter Kurz, Mayor of Mannheim, together with the Executive Director of UN-Habitat, the UN Human Settlements Programme, Maimunah Mohd Sharif, opened a two-day online conference on worldwide urban safety [...]
GPM supports CNCA Open letter to financial leaders
20 May 2020 - This week, the Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance, in collaboration with the Global Parliament of Mayors, Eurocities, UK100, Alliance des Collectivites Pour la Qualite de l'Air, and the Urban Sustainability Directors Network, [...]
Our Cities Will Look After the Coronavirus Pandemic
1 May 2020 - The pandemic will change urban life forever. Foreign Policy asked 11 leading global experts in urban policy, planning, history, and health for their predictions, read the outcome here: special cities edition [...]
GPM Supports Statement of Solidarity: Advancing Health, Reinforcing Peace
28 April 2020 - The GPM endorsed the Solidarity Statement 'Advancing Health, Reforcing Peace' by Peace in Our Cities. Mayors stand in solidarity with one another on the frontlines of response to COVID-19. Inspired [...]
Migrants and mayors are the unsung heroes of COVID-19. Here’s why
24 April 2020 - In every crisis it is the poor, sick, disabled, homeless and displaced who suffer the most. The COVID-19 pandemic is no exception. Migrants and refugees, people who shed one life in [...]