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Global Crises, Local Impacts: Key Findings & Recommendations to Date (September 2024)

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18/09/2024

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As cities worldwide continue to navigate the local manifestations of global crises, the Strong Cities Global Crises, Local Impacts Initiative, including its monthly webinar series for European and North American stakeholders, has provided a much-needed platform for the sharing of city-led approaches and innovations. From COVID-19 to migration and climate change, to rising levels of online mis/disinformation with real-world manifestations, or, most immediately, the Israel – Gaza crisis, there is much to be gained by sharing and learning from efforts of mayors and cities facing similar challenges.

The webinar series has enabled representatives from more than 25 cities and eight organisations from across Europe and North America to share their experiences with more than 1000 registrations from more than 60 cities and 50 civil society and non-governmental organisations. In addition to monthly event reports, an initial overview of key findings and recommendations from the series (from December 2023 – March 2024) were captured in a policy brief (available here).

Since April, the webinar series has continued to provide an invaluable resource for cities addressing the evolving local manifestations of global crises, facilitating city panel discussions with officials from Albuquerque (New Mexico, United States), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Berlin (Germany), Birmingham (United Kingdom), Boise (Idaho, United States), Edmonton (Alberta, Canada), Leeds (United Kingdom), Ottawa (Ontario, Canada), Rochester (New York, United States), Stamford (Connecticut, United States) and Wroclaw (Poland), and more, and briefings from the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) (which hosts Strong Cities), Anti-Defamation League (ADL), Center for the Prevention of Radicalisation Leading to Violence (CPRLV), European Coalition of Cities Against Racism (ECCAR), Foundation for a Path Forward and the Muhammad Ali Center.

This policy brief presents six key findings and recommendations from the webinars held between April and July 2024.

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