As a founding member of the MMC’s Leadership Board, Mayor Garcetti played an instrumental role in helping mayors get a seat at the global policy table and unlock financial resources to accelerate local solutions.
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Maggie Powers, MMC Head of Policy and Advocacy, shares key advancements on climate migration and cities from COP27, including funding commitments and gaps, key moments from mayors, and media.
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In Devex, Freetown Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr of the MMC Leadership Board and Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja discuss climate migration in Africa and how they're addressing it.
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On CNBC Africa, MMC Executive Director Vittoria Zanuso urged investment in African city-led solutions to climate migration following the lead of the IKEA Foundation and the Robert Bosch Stiftung.
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In Politico, MMC Executive Director Vittoria Zanuso shares how European mayors like Giuseppe Sala of Milan are addressing the needs of migrants at home and abroad.
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On the sidelines of COP27, the Global Cities Fund for Migrants and Refugees announced six additional African cities grantees addressing the needs of migrants and displaced people affected by the climate crisis.
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In Bloomberg, MMC Leadership Board Mayor Aki-Sawyerr of Freetown and MMC Head of Practice Samer Saliba discuss barriers to city access to climate finance.
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The Global Mayors Task Force on Climate and Migration convened in Buenos Aires ahead of COP27 to prioritize climate-related migration, welcome three new core members, and ensure no one is left behind in the green transition.
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Leaders of 14 refugee resettlement and policy organizations today sent a letter to the White House calling on the Biden administration to create resettlement pathways for climate impacted populations.
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C40 Chair and Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, and MMC Leadership Board Member and Mayor of Bristol, Marvin Rees, call for action as major report on Climate Migration by the MMC launched during UN Migration Week.
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A Task Force of mayors, an Action Agenda, and a USD 1 million-dollar Fund to tackle the climate crisis across the world: these are the actions announced by C40 Cities and the Mayors Migration Council at COP26.
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Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London and Chair of C40 Cities, and Mohammad Atiqul Islam, Mayor of Dhaka North, Vice Chair of C40 Cities and Co-Chair of the C40-MMC Global Mayors Task Force on Climate and Migration discuss the realities of climate migration in each of their cities and the response of mayors around the world for inclusive climate action.
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The C40-MMC Global Mayors Task Force on Climate and Migration presented its Action Agenda to national and international partners at the margins of the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow across a series of high-level events. Download the report for a full readout.
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The new C40-MMC Task Force outlines bold steps to accelerate global responses to the climate crisis and human mobility. The Robert Bosch Stiftung has stepped up to support city-led efforts on the ground.
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C40-MMC mayors issue vision for inclusive climate action that protects people affected by climate displacement and leaves no one behind in the green transition.
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At the meeting of the Global Taskforce, Vittoria Zanuso, MMC’s Executive Director, reiterated the linkages between the Global Compact on Migration and the SDGs and called on all networks of local governments to ensure better municipal financing to respond to the needs of all citizens.
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This report provides a summary of the High Level Side Event of the UN HLPF held by the British Council, the C40-MMC Task Force, the Global Parliament of Mayors GPM, IOM, and UNHCR.
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The C40-MMC Global Mayors Task Force on Climate and Migration, launched on June 22, 2021, is a mayor-led initiative to address the impact of the climate crisis on migration in cities. The Task Force will drive forward an Action Agenda to be presented at COP26.
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