Connections: Advancing the Global Social Solidarity Economy Agenda in New York
GPR2C joins a movement‑rooted gathering on the Social and Solidarity Economy during UNGA Week and Climate Week NYC 24 September 2026 · 09:00–11:30 CUNY School of Labor and Urban Studies, New York City Register TODAY The Global Platform for the Right to the City...
New Global Charter-Agenda for Human Rights in the City
The global network of local and regional governments, United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), adopted the New Global Charter-Agenda for Human Rights in the City on 25 June 2026 during its World Congress in Tangier. The Charter is a political commitment and...
2025: a summary of our year
GPR2C Summary of 2025: Towards a global mutirão and caring cities! Dear friends, 2025 was marked by the intensification of the work of the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) on two strategic fronts: Climate Justice and Care. With great expectations from...
The GPR2C’s work on the Right to the City and Care
The GPR2C has defined “Care" as one of its strategic priorities for action in the period from 2023 to 2026. For the municipal movement, care is much more than just social policy, it is part of a fundamental political vision to transform the way we govern, plan and...
The GPR2C at COP30: a review
The Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) took to COP30 the vision that there is no Climate Justice without the Right to the City. The first climate conference to be held in Brazil took place from November 10 to 21, 2025, but preparations for our arrival...
Our journey so far: the GPR2C task force ahead of COP30
For some years now, we have been working on the connections between climate justice and the right to the city. Starting with the publication of our thematic paper in 2020 and continuing to work with our members on local, national, regional and global initiatives. This...
2024: our year in review
2024 GPR2C’s Year in Review: Celebrating 10 years fighting for the Right to the City! Dear friends, 2024 marks the 10th year anniversary of the Global Platform for the Right to the City. We celebrate this milestone in a time characterized by a delicate global context...
The GPR2C at WUF12: celebrating our milestones and advancing torwards the realization of the Right to the City
As in previous years, the GPR2C and its members have attended the 12th session of the World Urban Forum, held between November 4th and 8th in Cairo, Egypt. Amid a wide diversity of participants and thematics represented, including also a strong presence of corporate...
GPR2C integrates C20 debates
The G20 (Group of the twenty major global economies) will be held in November this year in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), to debate the governance of the global economy under the theme “Building a Just World and a Sustainable Planet”. As part of the G20 process, C20 is an...
GPR2C contributions to the Call for inputs: Access to information on climate change and human rights
In June 2024, the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) members, notably Instituto Pólis (Brazil), Kota Kita (Indonesia) and DW Angola submitted contributions to the “Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights in the context of...
