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As international climate negotiators entered their third day of deliberations at COP26 in Glasgow, the听newly established Council on Urban听Initiatives, co-chaired by IIPP鈥檚 Founding Director, Professor Mariana Mazzucato,听squarely placed cities at the crossroads for delivering transformative climate action and being the leading force for other ambitious societal objectives. High profile UN officials including Secretary General Antonio Guterres and UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif both expressed their commitment to the Council on Urban Initiatives and its important role for helping to shape the international agenda and reframe how we govern, plan and design cities.

Members of the听Council听on Urban Initiatives听investigated the barriers and challenges they have faced when advancing urban health, justice and sustainability agendas听during the launch event on 3 November. These discussions explored the complexity of governance, policy and design at听the city level and set a foundation for the Council鈥檚 role and capabilities for generating ideas of tools and frameworks that could be developed to overcome barriers to innovation and progressive policymaking.听听

The Council鈥檚听launch event听which听was听attended by a small听invited in-person听audience听and听听a large virtual听audience听featured a keynote address from the听UN Secretary General Ant贸nio Guterres听in which he stated:听

鈥�鈥淭he Council听on听Urban Initiatives has an important role in reframing how we think about cities and urban governance, shape the international agenda, share best practices and fast-track innovation鈥�The United Nations is fully committed to working with you to connect the local with the global and together achieve green, just and healthy cities that help us to deliver on our global commitments.鈥澨�

Mariana Mazzucato, co-chair of the Council and Founding Director, UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose听highlighted:听

鈥�"Over the past year and a half, city governments have demonstrated that they are uniquely placed to engage citizens in designing creative solutions to massive challenges. They must be empowered with the ability to听transform听budgets and tools to be outcomes-based, and to develop new forms of collaboration and partnership with a clear sense of public purpose, aligned with听the听ambitious goal听of听building cities that are green, healthy and just."

A highlight听of听the听event听was听the Mayors鈥櫶齊oundtable听discussion听between Council members听Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr听of Freetown,听Mayor Ada听Colau听of Barcelona听and听Mayor Claudia L贸pez of Bogota,听moderated by Leilani Farha of The Shift, which focused on 'delivering just, healthy and green cities.'听

Mayor听Ada Colau听stated:听

鈥�鈥淥ur mission (in Barcelona) is to build a city that defends life and prioritises safety and healthy living for all...we鈥檝e learnt that our urban transformation needs to prioritise the most vulnerable people and ensure they are looked after.鈥�

Watch the full speech by听UN Secretary General,听Antonio Guterres:

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Council on Urban Initiatives members:听听
Mariana听Mazzucato听(co-chair), Founding Director, UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose,听London听
Ricky Burdett听(co-chair),听Director, LSE Cities,听London听

Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr, Mayor, Freetown听
LaToya Cantrell, Mayor, New Orleans听听
Chan Heng Chee,听Professor, Lee听Kuan听Yew Centre for Innovative Cities, Singapore听
Ada听Colau, Mayor, Barcelona听听
Elizabeth Diller, Founding Partner, Diller听Scofidio听+ Renfro, New York听
Leilani Farha, Global Director, The Shift,听Ottawa听
Dan Hill, Director of Strategic Design,听Vinnoa,听Stockholm听
Alcinda听Honwana, Inter-Regional Advisor, UN DESA, New York听听
Lesley听Lokko, Founding Director, Africa Futures Institute, Accra听听
Claudia L贸pez, Mayor, Bogot谩听
Rahul Mehrotra, Founding Principal, RMA Architects, Boston听听听
Soledad听Nu帽ez, Founder, Alma听C铆vica, Paraguay听
Fatma听Sahin, Mayor, Gaziantep听
Saskia听Sassen, Robert S. Lynd Professor, Columbia University, New York听听
Richard Sennett, Visiting Professor of Urban Studies, MIT, Boston听听
Claudia Sheinbaum, Mayor, Mexico City听听

If you would like to learn more about听the Council听or our work with cities, please contact听Ryan Bellinson.听

Further information:

• Find out more about IIPP's involvement with COP26
• Find out more about the Council on Urban Initiatives
• Learn more about the artwork that IIPP commissioned