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- The inaugural meeting City Sherpa meeting of the sixth Urban20 (U20) cycle was organised in Ahmedabad on 9-10 February 2023.
Priority areas for the Urban 20 event
- Encouraging environmentally responsible behaviors,Â
- Ensuring water security,Â
- Accelerating climate finance,Â
- Championing ‘local’ identity,Â
- Reinventing frameworks for urban governance and planning, and
- Catalysing digital urban futures.
About U20
- U20 is a group of cities from the G20 countries and was first convened in Buenos Aires in 2018.
- The U20 brings together mayors from G20 cities under a common framework and coordinates a joint position to inform the discussions of national leaders.
- Contributions from the U20 are shared with the G20 Presidency and Heads of State, enhancing the role of cities as global economic and political leaders.
Participants
- The U20 brings together a group of Participating Cities.Â
- These cities are important economic or population hubs, made up of major C40 and UCLG member cities from G20 countries
- C40 Cities: C40 connects 96 of the world’s largest and most influential cities, representing 700+ million citizens and one-quarter of the global economy.
- United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG): UCLG is the world organization of local and regional governments and their associations, representing and defending their interests on the world stage.Â
- UCLG’s network represents 70% of the world’s total population and is present in all world regions.Â
ObjectivesÂ
- Build a platform on behalf of urban centers and in close collaboration with global networks of local governments, to be shared collectively with G20 leaders.
- Enrich the G20 agenda by exploring synergies and contributing unique perspectives and good practices from cities.
- Propose joint solutions to enhance climate action and sustainable economic development by presenting a communique that leverages existing G20 policy recommendations and international frameworks as well as recommendations from cities.
- Invite G20 members to include in each annual discussion strategic or urgent urban subjects that require synergistic solutions with national governments from the short to the long term
Source:PIB
