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UN Member States will meet at the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva, Switzerland, to assess progress on the Global Compact on Refugees. The MMC and partners will mobilize mayors to participate in the official program on December 14-15 and announce new pledges through the Call to Local Action for Migrants and Refugees.
Read MoreMore than 300 global cities from all over the world have added their support to the UNHCR’s Cities #WithRefugees statement of solidarity.
Read MoreIn this Devex op-ed., Amman Mayor Yousef Al Shawarbeh, Bosch Stiftung’s CEO Bernhard Straub, and MMC Executive Director Vittoria Zanuso call on funders to support urban migrants and refugees by investing directly in cities worldwide.
Read MoreMMC Director of City Practice Samer Saliba and Mayor Yousef Al Shawarbeh of Amman discuss climate change, rapid urbanization, and displacement in cities in the Handbook on Forced Migration
Read MoreWe spoke with Dunaivtsi about the city’s Global Cities Fund project, and their plans to protect and consult IDP families.
Read MoreThis September, the Mayors Migration Council’s mayors and key donors gathered in New York City on the sidelines of the 2023 UN General Assembly (UNGA), UN SDG Summit, and UN Climate Ambition Summit.
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs' blog underscores the significance of city diplomacy for African cities seeking influence in climate negotiations, exemplified by the C40-MMC Task Force on Climate Migration.
Read MoreThe Governor of Nairobi writes about the creation of good green jobs in his city, including a project backed by the Global Cities Fund for Migrants and Refugees.
Read MoreSamer Saliba, the Director of City Practice at MMC, describes his experience visiting Bogotá's Centro de Apoyo Nutricional alongside his son, an initiative supported by the Global Cities Fund for Migrants and Refugees.
In this World Economic Forum op-ed, Sadiq Khan (Mayor of London) and Elizabeth Naa Kwatsoe Tawiah Sackey (Mayor of Accra) discuss the role of diaspora communities in climate action and how the Mayors Migration Council -C40 Cites Task Force and the Global Cities Fund amplify this work.
Read MoreOn World Refugee Day, the MMC announced six new city grantees of the Global Cities Fund for Migrants and Refugees delivering solutions for children and caregivers with the support of the Bernard Van Leer Foundation and Conrad N. Hilton Foundation.
Read MoreIn April 2023, the Mayors Migration Council brought together mayors from the Western Hemisphere to participate in the first-ever Cities Summit of the Americas in Denver, Colorado. Maggie Powers, MMC Head of Policy and Advocacy, summarizes the discussions on migration and refugee inclusion from the Summit, including new funding commitments, key moments from mayors, and media engagement.
Read MoreThe Mayors Migration Council brought together mayors from across the Americas to participate in the first-ever Cities Summit of the Americas in Denver, Colorado. The Summit, hosted by the Biden Administration with events co-hosted by the MMC, focused on city-led solutions to migrant and refugee inclusion, as well as other pressing topics for cities.
At the Cities Summit of the Americas, the U.S. State Department, USAID, C40 Cities, the Mayors Migration Council and the Climate Migration Council convened mayors, funders and U.N. representatives to discuss urban climate migration. USAID announced the launch of a new landmark initiative to support urban adaptation and unlock finance for city action on climate migration.
Read MoreIn this Global Americans op-ed, Climate Migration Council members Vittoria Zanuso (MMC Executive Director) and Jaime Pumarejo (Mayor of Barranquilla, Colombia) discuss the reality of climate-related migration to cities and the need to accelerate city-led responses at the Cities Summit of the Americas.
Read MoreBloomberg CityLab explores a new State Department initiative that creates an “open door for mayors.”
Read MoreIn this Bloomberg CityLab Op-ed, Mayor Jaime Pumarejo of Barranquilla, Colombia and Mayor Maribel Escobar of La Palma, El Salvador on how climate change is driving people to cities.
Read MoreCities throughout the Americas are playing a leading role in responding to historic levels of human mobility. The Emerson Collective, Mayors Migration Council, Inter-American Dialogue, and CAF-Development Bank of Latin America are partnering to sponsor the closing plenary session of the Cities Summit of the Americas in Denver, Colorado on April 28 to explore challenges and opportunities.
Read MoreExecutive Director Vittoria Zanuso and other members of the Climate Migration Council hosted a press call on Monday, April 24th to discuss how the inaugural Cities Summit of the Americas is a crucial opportunity for leaders within the hemisphere to highlight the issue of climate-related migration.
Read MoreIn this World Economic Forum op-ed, the MMC Executive Director Vittoria Zanuso and Mayor Jaime Pumarejo of Barranquilla, Colombia, ask the Biden Administration to partner with cities on regional migration solutions ahead of the Cities Summit of the Americas in Denver.
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