Overview
- Mexico City hosted the CGLU Executive Bureau, bringing together 140 representatives from 32 countries to align a shared agenda for local governments.
- Clara Brugada opened the meeting with a call for a new international municipalism to face a global “policrisis” and urged cities to speak with one voice for peace and respect for international law.
- She highlighted local models such as Utopías and a public care system, noted cash transfers reaching more than two million residents, and defended housing as a right with rent rules to curb price spikes.
- The city set climate and mobility goals to cut emissions 35% and recycle 50% of waste by 2030 through electric transit and expanded bike lanes, aiming for cleaner air and safer daily travel.
- Organizers relaunched the CGLU–Mexico City Culture 21 Award to elevate cultural rights and care within urban policy, while leaders prepared to translate these priorities into positions for the Tangier congress.