Most climate migrants will move to cities. In this article, co-authored by the MMC and C40, we look at what cities should know, and how your city can begin planning today.
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Climate Migration in Mexican and Central American Cities summarizes findings from a report prepared for the MMC by researchers at Columbia University and the City University of New York to help us better understand the effects of climate-related internal migration on urbanization in Mexico and parts of Central America.
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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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C40 Cities and the MMC set out specific measures through their Action Agenda, already being delivered in many cities around the world, which must become the “new normal” to deliver inclusive climate action.
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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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On Tuesday, July 6, mayors from around the world came together with representatives of national governments and UN officials at an official side event of the UN HLPF to discuss the pressing development challenges related to climate change and related migration in cities, as well as the interrelated SDGs.
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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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Vittoria Zanuso, Executive Director of the MMC, and Mark Watts, Executive Director of C40 Cities, urge national governments and international bodies to give city leaders a seat at the table where policy and investment decisions around climate migration are made.
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