The G20 and Cities

The Penn Institute for Urban Research's latest issue of Urban Link features Eugénie Birch writing on the important roles of cities as strong partners with nations in supporting the G20’s goals.

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December 24, 2020, 5:00 AM PST

By cgriffinPennIUR

A scene from the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany in July 2017. | Gil Corzo / Shutterstock

When G20 leaders met in November 2020, they were deeply concerned about the pandemic and its destabilizing effects on global, national, and local economies. The meeting’s outcome document, which expressed leaders’ commitments to building back better, recognized cities’ important roles as strong partners with nations in supporting the G20’s goals. In this article on the rise and influence of engagement groups like the Urban 20, Penn IUR Co-Director Eugénie Birch explains how urban priorities came to be reflected in the G20 Leaders’ Communique.

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