📍#HLPF2024 - #LRGs Forum 🎙️Marcelo Metediera, Mayor IntendenciaCanelones 💬💰"Climate has a greater effect in the global south. Territories facing its impacts bear no historical responsibility. We ask the international community to increase funding for LRGs to enable #ClimateAction."

📍#HLPF2024 - #LRGs Forum 🎙️Janine Tatiana Santos Lélis, Minister for Territorial Cohesion of Cabo Verde 💬"Cabo Verde’s decentralization strategy is based on the transfer of competences to #LRGs to empower citizens & promote their inclusion in decision making processes."

📍#HLPF2024 - #LRGs Forum 🎙️Mara Cossu, Ministero Ambiente e Sicurezza Energetica 💬"Effective #ClimateAction depends on sustainable development governance. Strengthening ties between regions and national governments can foster adaptation and sustainable development strategies in our regions."

📍#HLPF2024 - #LRGs Forum 🎙️Clare Hart💙💛, VP Montpellier Métropole 💬"Our constituency is dedicated to expanding multilevel alliances for transformative #ClimateAction. We are committed to supporting the #CHAMP initiative, to respond to the need for mitigating the climate emergency."

📍#HLPF2024 - #LRGs Forum 🎙️Fatiha El Moudni, Mairie de Rabat 💬"We play a 🔑 role in reducing systemic violence, promoting a culture of peace and localizing #SDG16, alongside civil society, youth & marginalized communities. This is how we consolidate peace and social cohesion."

📍#HLPF2024 - #LRGs Forum 🎙️Shoko Noda from the UN Development Crisis Bureau highlights the critical role of local communities & governments in achieving the #SDGs: 💬"SDGs can only be realized if embraced and implemented at every town, hospital and home through local service delivery."

📍#HLPF2024 - #LRGs Forum 🎙️Issa Kassis, Mayor of Ramallah 💬"In Ramallah, we promote the vision of youth to live for Palestine & for development. We believe in the #SDGs & education with strong institutions. We're resilient & value spaces like these to express our hopes for peace."

📍#HLPF2024 - #LRGs Forum 🎙️Kelvin Cruz, Mayor of La Vega & Pres. @FLACMA 💬"True development & wellbeing will only come from a peaceful environment & safer cities grounded on social inclusion & good governance. We must work together to promote governance reforms."

📍#HLPF2024 - #LRGs Forum 🎙️Leonardo Orlando A., from Prefectura de Manabí 💬"We call for the strengthening of autonomy and fiscal decentralization so all levels of governments can work together to promote societies that are more inclusive, resilient, smart and peaceful."

📍#HLPF2024 - #LRGs Forum 🎙️Elisenda Alamany, VP of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona 💬🕊️"We're committed to working together w/ other spheres of government & stakeholders towards the localization of #SDG16, in particular within the development of the New Agenda for Peace."

📍#HLPF2024 - #LRGs Forum 🎙️Gilia Ninfa Gutiérrez, Governor of Gobierno Regional de Moquegua 💬"We have worked to empower the municipalities of our region to develop policies for social inclusion & promoted partnerships & collaboration for #ClimateAction with all the levels of governments."

Durante su intervención, IntendenciaCanelones (Uy) Marcelo Metediera afirmó que el combate al cambio climático sólo será posible a través de las justicia climática, reconociendo la desigualdad en responsabilidades y apoyando a quiénes sufren más los efectos del calentamiento.

Desde New York, Axel Schmidt prefeito de Prefeitura de Niterói, refirió a la estrategia de su ciudad y de Brasil, que promueve una alianza multinivel para afrontar los desafíos del cambio climático, en un contexto en el que muchas ciudades confrontan incendios, inundaciones y sequías.

7th #LRGs Forum at #HLPF2024: @BundestadtBonn DM Nicole Unterseh highlights commitment to climate neutrality by 2035 and invites partner organisations to advocate ambitious multilevel partnerships such as #CHAMP Global Taskforce United Cities @iclei Engagement Global Local2030 Coalition Germany in the United Nations

☀️Summer read! 8th @globaltaskforce annual report on #SDG localization including: ✅#localgov involvement in national SDG implementation ✅multilateralism & institutional environments ✅innovations at local level ✅opportunities to accelerate action 🔗gold.uclg.org/sites/default/…

☀️ #localgov actively 🌳regenerate local natural #commons, resources &ecosystems 🌊enhance biodiversity 🧑‍🤝‍🧑improve quality of life for human & non-human Learn➕in the @globaltaskforce paper by United Cities & ICLEI for the #HLPF2024 🔗gold.uclg.org/sites/default/… #Listen2Cities #SDG13

The🌍city diplomacy is transformative and preventive #SDG16 #localgov build bridges for ✨solidarity ✨dialogue ✨innovation to promote sustainable peace Learn+ in the @globaltaskforce paper by United Cities & Pathfinders for the #HLPF2024 🔗gold.uclg.org/sites/default/… #Listen2Cities

‼️#localgov can backstop political & democratic backsliding by being 💫responsive 💫inclusive 💫equitable 💫adaptive & institutionalizing local #democracy Learn+ in @globaltaskforce paper by United Cities & Pathfinders for #HLPF2024 🔗gold.uclg.org/sites/default/…

📍The principals of the Global Taskforce meet today, ahead of the Summit of the Future, to discuss plans towards the #SOTF and ahead of the last months of the year #Listen2Cities