{"id":24171,"date":"2025-03-24T11:49:21","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T10:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalcitieshub.org\/?p=24171"},"modified":"2025-04-14T11:50:06","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T09:50:06","slug":"our-2024-annual-report-is-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalcitieshub.org\/en\/our-2024-annual-report-is-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Our 2024 Annual Report is out!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In 2024, the GCH consolidated its role as a key platform for city engagement on the international stage. Building on its growing network and influence, the GCH promoted a multilateral system that is more inclusive vis-\u00e0-vis LRGs. In doing so, the GCH mainly focused on the international ecosystem in Geneva, given the diversity of its stakeholders and their capacity to evolve and innovate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of 2024, the GCH adopted a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/globalcitieshub.org\/en\/2025-2028-strategic-framework\/\">new strategic framework (2026-2028)<\/a> to guide its work over the next 4 years, through 2028. This document provides GCH\u2019s partners with a clear blueprint about its vision, mission and values, along with its objectives and how to achieve them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some key highlights from 2024 include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/globalcitieshub.org\/en\/advocate-of-the-forum-of-mayors-lord-foster-tells-mayors-to-think-big\/\">4th UN Forum of Mayors<\/a>, which took place on 30 September \u2013 1 October in Geneva, constitutes a priority for the GCH. In 2024, it brought together more than 50 mayors from all over the world.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/globalcitieshub.org\/en\/smart-city-leaders-talk\/\">Smart City Leaders\u2019 talk<\/a> during the ITU&#8217;s&nbsp;World Summit on the Information Society. Representatives from cities, from international organizations and from an international city network discussed how to achieve sustainable, people-centred smart cities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two policy papers on <a href=\"https:\/\/globalcitieshub.org\/en\/the-pandemic-treaty-whats-not-in-there-for-lrgs\/\">the opportunities for LRGs engagement in the WHO Pandemic Treaty Negotiations<\/a>&nbsp;and on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/globalcitieshub.org\/en\/the-ethical-use-of-artificial-intelligence-in-cities\/\">the use of AI in cities<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The GCH co-founded the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalcitieshub.org\/en\/new-coalition-takes-action-to-include-local-and-subnational-governments-in-the-future-treaty-against-plastic-pollution\/\">Coalition of Local and Sub-national Governments to End Plastic Pollution<\/a>, led by Local Governments for sustainability (ICLEI) with the governments of Quebec and Catalonia, and United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), in cooperation with UN-Habitat, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), C40, and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2024 Annual Report is available for download <a href=\"https:\/\/globalcitieshub.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GCH_AR_2024_web.pdf\">here<\/a>. 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