(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) The Final Communique of the virtual Urban 20 (U20) Mayors Summit had received record support from 39 cities and included 27 recommendations to be submitted to the G20 leaders at their meeting, which will be held virtually on the 21st and 22nd of next November 2020 under the chairmanship of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
The U20 Mayors Summit's Final Communique called on heads of state and government of the G20 members to cooperate with the governments, civil society, private sector, research and thought centers, and academia at all levels.
It also called on them to concerted efforts under the umbrella of four main axes: developing partnerships through investment in a fair and environmentally friendly recovery from Covid-19, protecting our planet through national and international cooperation, shaping new horizons for development by accelerating the transition to a circular carbon economy and enabling people to ensure a more equal and inclusive future.
Moreover, the Communique called on national governments to give utmost importance to investing directly in cities as engines of recovery by adopting global policies that respond to the crisis and ensure investment in the physical and social infrastructure by designing environmentally friendly incentive financing packages, supporting companies, and allocating other financial resources for recovery in support of building development Carbon-neutral societies that include the largest possible segments of the population, and are resilient in the face of climate change, revitalizing local and global economies, helping cities to enhance their creditworthiness, investing in the cities' social infrastructure, especially health care, education and public transport systems, in addition to the commitment to cooperate to ensure that everyone has access to (Covid-19) vaccines, considering them as a global public good and provide fair access without discrimination.
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