Urban U20, Mayors summit, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

2020 Riyadh Mayors Summit Communiqué

News

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Letter To G20 Leaders On COVID-19

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Taskforces

Circular, Carbon-Neutral Economy

Meeting the global climate targets requires transforming our urban energy systems to be more efficient and based on clean renewable energy sources, while also shifting from a linear material economy to a circular model that reduces, reuses, recovers, and recycles scarce and carbon intensive resources.

Inclusive Prosperous Communities

To prosper, cities need to provide indiscriminate access to opportunities and services for all the diverse people that live, work, and play within them. Cities need to prepare their citizens for the future of work and to overcome the digital divide, ensure cultural inclusivity and integration, and empower all citizens to thrive.

Nature-Based Urban Solutions

Nature-based solutions must become mainstream in city planning and development to ensure healthy urban environments with productive—climate change resilient—ecosystems that can provide essentials like clean air, freshwater, food, and nutrition, as well as opportunities for recreation, tourism, and employment.

Knowledge Partners

Brookings Institution

KAPSARC

World Economic Forum

CITIES

Buenos Aires

Melbourne

Sydney

Rio de Janeiro

Sao Paulo

Montreal

Beijing

Guangzhou

Shanghai

London

Paris

Strasbourg

Berlin

Hamburg

Jakarta

Surabaya

Milan

Rome

Osaka

Tokyo

Mexico City

Lisbon

Moscow

Durban

Johannesburg

Tshwane

Seoul

Barcelona

Madrid

Istanbul

Izmir

Chicago

Houston

Los Angeles

New York

Helsinki

Amman

Amsterdam

Rotterdam

Dammam

Singapore

Abu Dhabi

Dubai

PARTICIPATING CITIES

Argentina

Buenos Aires

Australia

Melbourne
Sydney

Brazil

Rio de Janeiro
Sao Paulo

Canada

Montreal

China

Beijing
Guangzhou
Shanghai

England

London

France

Paris
Strasbourg

Germany

Berlin
Hamburg

Indonesia

Jakarta
Surabaya

Italy

Milan
Rome

Japan

Osaka
Tokyo

Mexico

Mexico City

Portugal

Lisbon

Russia

Moscow

South Africa

Durban
Johannesburg
Tshwane

South Korea

Seoul

Spain

Barcelona
Madrid

Turkey

Istanbul
Izmir

USA

Chicago
Houston
Los Angeles
New York

Observer cities

Finland

Helsinki

Jordan

Amman

Netherlands

Amsterdam
Rotterdam

Saudi Arabia

Dammam

Singapore

Singapore

United Arab Emirates

Abu Dhabi
Dubai

EVENTS

2020

U20 Mayors Summit

On 2 October, the U20 Mayors Summit, the annual highlight for the international community of urban leaders, will present a 27-point consensus-built Communiqué to the G20 following nine months of seminal research and analysis into rebuilding cities in a more sustainable, inclusive and naturally diverse way in a post-pandemic world to achieve equitable, carbon-neutral, inclusive and healthy societies.U20 Chair and President of the Royal Commission for Riyadh City, His Excellency Fahd Al-Rasheed said, “I feel immensely proud of the progress we have made as the U20. Together, we have brought together 42 cities and 30 knowledge partners we have formed agile and responsive task and workforces which have authored in-depth and rigorous academic research to help us look at our cities with new eyes.”

February

First U20 Sherpa Meeting

Representatives of city leaders from around the world met in Riyadh on 5th–6th February to discuss priority topics that will lay the foundation for the U20 2020 Mayors Summit later this year. The First Sherpa Meeting brought together Sherpas and delegates and also featured a number of informal side meetings between officials. In addition to forging consensus on the U20 priorities topics, the event was the platform for highlighting the progress of the initiative since its handover to Riyadh, interactions with the G20 engagement groups and working groups, and for launching the U20 taskforces .

July

Second U20 Sherpa Meeting

The cities of Riyadh and Houston virtually hosted the second U20 meeting of 2020 in July. The U20 mayors’ representatives – known as Sherpas –gathered to examine key policy recommendations and new content developed by three new multinational expert taskforces. The Second Sherpa Meeting provided an opportunity to present the outcomes of the U20 taskforces, namely the 15 white papers and their key policy recommendations. A summary of the scope and expected outcomes of the Special Working Group on COVID-19 was presented by the co-chairing cities of Buenos Aires, New York, and Rome. The Second Sherpa Meeting provided a platform for the U20 cities to provide feedback on the draft Communiqué.

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