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Record number of mayors endorse the U20 2020 Communiqué

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Riyadh-Led Urban 20 (U20) brings together 42 cities

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Riyadh-Led Urban 20 (U20) brings together 42 cities in collaborative process to present critical urban policy recommendations to G20

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Riyadh-Led Urban 20 (U20) brings together 42 cities in collaborative process to present critical urban policy recommendations to G20
Statement from the Urban 20 (U20)

Statement from the Urban 20 (U20)

As we approach the virtual Urban 20 Mayors Summit (30th September – 2nd October).
Riyadh and Houston Welcome Innovative Ideas To Help Urban Citizens As Outcomes Of U20 Second Sherpa Meeting

Riyadh and Houston Welcome Innovative Ideas To Help Urban Citizens As Outcomes Of U20 Second Sherpa Meeting

The cities of Riyadh and Houston virtually hosted the second U20 Sherpa meeting.
Riyadh and Houston Co-host U20 Second Sherpa Meeting this Week

Riyadh and Houston Co-host U20 Second Sherpa Meeting this Week

The Urban20 (U20) Riyadh Team and the City of Houston will host the second U20 meeting of 2020 this week, virtually.

Taskforces

Taskforce

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.
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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.
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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.
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CITIES

Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

Melbourne

Melbourne

Sydney

Sydney

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

Sao Paulo

Sao Paulo

Montreal

Montreal

Beijing

Beijing

Guangzhou

Guangzhou

Shanghai

Shanghai

London

London

Paris

Paris

Strasbourg

Strasbourg

Berlin

Berlin

Hamburg

Hamburg

Jakarta

Jakarta

Surabaya

Surabaya

Milan

Milan

Rome

Rome

Osaka

Osaka

Tokyo

Tokyo

Mexico City

Mexico City

Lisbon

Lisbon

Moscow

Moscow

Durban

Durban

Johannesburg

Johannesburg

Tshwane

Tshwane

Seoul

Seoul

Barcelona

Barcelona

Madrid

Madrid

Istanbul

Istanbul

Izmir

Izmir

Chicago

Chicago

Houston

Houston

Los Angeles

Los Angeles

New York

New York

Helsinki

Helsinki

Amman

Amman

Amsterdam

Amsterdam

Rotterdam

Rotterdam

Dammam

Dammam

Singapore

Singapore

Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi

Dubai

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
U20 Mayors Summit
2020

U20 Mayors Summit

On 2 October, the U20 Mayors Summit, the annual highlight for the international community of urban leaders, presented 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.”
First Shepra Meeting
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 .
Shepra July
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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