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C40 Cities and the Mayors Migration Council: Fostering Global Recognition and Support for Local Action on the urban dimension of climate migration
TENTATIVE DEADLINE OF IMPLEMENTATION:
Building on the leadership of the C40-MMC Global Mayors Task Force on Climate & Migration, C40 Cities (C40) and the Mayors Migration Council (MMC) pledge to accelerate global recognition and support for local action on the urban dimension of climate migration - a key under recognised dimension of Loss & Damage - through 2025.
As cities are increasingly at the forefront of climate-induced Loss and Damage, especially climate migration and displacement, mayors are showing bold leadership in delivering inclusive responses, in line with the objectives of both the Global Compact for Refugees (GCR) and the Paris Agreement.
Building from the C40 report “Urban Loss & Damage: Challenges and Opportunities for City Leadership”, which sets out a collective vision of how global actors can successfully support existing city leadership, including on climate migration, we will:
Continue to support a shared understanding of the urban dimension of climate migration and displacement.
Scale up mayoral advocacy - shifting policy and finance outcomes in both the climate and migration diplomatic space.
Advance our efforts to drive the development and delivery of dedicated programming and funding that is locally-led, demand-driven and fit for urban needs including the C40 Inclusive Climate Action Fund and Forum, Global Green New Deal pilots and the MMC Global Cities Fund.
As cities are increasingly at the forefront of climate-induced Loss and Damage, especially climate migration and displacement, mayors are showing bold leadership in delivering inclusive responses, in line with the objectives of both the Global Compact for Refugees (GCR) and the Paris Agreement.
Building from the C40 report “Urban Loss & Damage: Challenges and Opportunities for City Leadership”, which sets out a collective vision of how global actors can successfully support existing city leadership, including on climate migration, we will:
Continue to support a shared understanding of the urban dimension of climate migration and displacement.
Scale up mayoral advocacy - shifting policy and finance outcomes in both the climate and migration diplomatic space.
Advance our efforts to drive the development and delivery of dedicated programming and funding that is locally-led, demand-driven and fit for urban needs including the C40 Inclusive Climate Action Fund and Forum, Global Green New Deal pilots and the MMC Global Cities Fund.
Pledging entity
Cities, Municipalities, and Local Authority
Type of pledge
Individual (by one state/actor)
Country
Nature of the Pledge
Process oriented (e.g. convening fully consultative processes in preparing national reports for the IMRF)
Policy/legal in scope around a given objective of the GCM
State/Actor
The Mayors Mechanism submitting in the name of C40 Cities and the Mayors Migration Council
GCM Guiding Principles
GCM Objectives
1. Collect and utilize accurate and disaggregated data as a basis for evidence-based policies
2. Minimize the adverse drivers and structural factors that compel people to leave their country of origin
3. Provide accurate and timely information at all stages of migration
4. Ensure that all migrants have proof of legal identity and adequate documentation
5. Enhance availability and flexibility of pathways for regular migration
6. Facilitate fair and ethical recruitment and safeguard conditions that ensure decent work
7. Address and reduce vulnerabilities in migration
8. Save lives and establish coordinated international efforts on missing migrants
9. Strengthen the transnational response to smuggling of migrants
10. Prevent, combat and eradicate trafficking in persons in the context of international migration
11. Manage borders in an integrated, secure and coordinated manner
12. Strengthen certainty and predictability in migration procedures for appropriate screening, assessment and referral
13. Use migration detention only as a measure of last resort and work towards alternatives
14. Enhance consular protection, assistance and cooperation throughout the migration cycle
15. Provide access to basic services for migrants
16. Empower migrants and societies to realize full inclusion and social cohesion
17. Eliminate all forms of discrimination and promote evidence-based public discourse to shape perceptions of migration
18. Invest in skills development and facilitate mutual recognition of skills, qualifications and competences
19. Create conditions for migrants and diasporas to fully contribute to sustainable development in all countries
20. Promote faster, safer and cheaper transfer of remittances and foster financial inclusion of migrants
21. Cooperate in facilitating safe and dignified return and readmission, as well as sustainable reintegration
22. Establish mechanisms for the portability of social security entitlements and earned benefits
23. Strengthen international cooperation and global partnerships for safe, orderly and regular migration
*References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).
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