Sami Kanaan, Mayor of Geneva, Switzerland, and Josiane Lei, Mayor of Evian, France, co-chaired the Forum of Mayors 2020.ĭoris Andoni (Albania), Chair of the 81st session of the Committee on Urban Development, Housing and Land Management, UNECE, highlighted the Forum of Mayors is an historic event for the UN, stressing the need to ensure the city is accessible, affordable, safe, and healthy for all, not only the wealthy.Ĭo-Chair Sami Kanaan, noted the Forum is a welcome step towards inclusive multilateralism and stressed the need to “reinvent the urban way of life” to respond to the challenges cities face. The UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) convened the first-ever Forum of Mayors in Geneva, Switzerland, as part of the UNECE Sustainable Cities Week, under the theme "City action for a resilient future: Strengthening local government preparedness and response to emergencies and the impact of disasters and climate change." The event brought together city leaders to discuss the economic aspects of local responses to the pandemic, as well as initiatives at the municipal level to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Moreover, the unprecedented COVID-19 emergency impacted urban areas heavily, creating a social and economic crisis in addition to health concerns. Cities are at the heart of any effort to build a sustainable future.
More than half of the global population currently lives in urban areas and, due to urbanization and population growth, another 2.5 billion people are expected to be living in cities by 2050.
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