COP30, which takes place from November 10 to 21, 2025 in Belém do Pará, Brazil, can be an opportunity to leverage the Right to the City and Climate Justice in building a multi-actor, multi-level partnership for climate action, led by communities, in alliance with...
On October 31st, we celebrate the World Day for the Right to the City. As UN-Habitat makes a call for us to reflect on the role of youth leading climate and local action for cities, we reaffirm our commitment to building climate justice through the Right to the City....
The Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) Members and Allies will be in Nairobi to actively participate in the second session of the United Nations Habitat Assembly ( 5 to 9 June 2023), to call on UN Member States and UN-Habitat to accelerate the...
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...
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...
Dear friends, As we bid farewell to another year, the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) reflects on a journey of unwavering commitment to fostering democratic, diverse, solidary, and sustainable cities, villages, and human settlements, acknowledged as...
Dear friends, As the end of 2022 is approaching, we would like to take this opportunity to thank all members and allies of the Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) for another very engaging and productive year of collaborative work and mobilization around...
The Global Platform for the Right to the City (GPR2C) has embarked on a collective learning process, with two stages: in 2020 and 2021. This process is being carried out together with all its members and allies for the elaboration of a series of thematic papers to...
The Relevance of the New Urban Agenda in Confronting Climate Change November 15th, 16h30 - 17h30 - Cities and regions hub, Blue Zone COP30 The New Urban Agenda, approved at the last United Nations Conference on Human Settlements – Habitat III, in 2016 in Quito,...
COP 30 - People's Summit Panel "Right to the City and Climate Justice: how to advance participatory governance towards cities and territories that care for people and the environment" Organization: Global Platform for the Right to the City, Instituto Pólis , National...
Advancing community-led approaches and climate justice in the IPCC Climate Change and Cities Report COP30 Official side-event, Tuesday, November 11th 11:30—13:00h BRT, Side Event Room 3 The event will count with interpretation in english, spanish and portuguese...
As we celebrate the 2024 World Day for the Right to the City, we look at the actions and strategies from youth groups to learn how they have been engaging both for climate and territorial justice, through the perspective of the Right to the City. For such, the GPR2C...
