U20 First Sherpa Meeting
U20 in 2020
The Urban 20 (U20) provides a mechanism for cities to engage in the G20. The third Urban 20 Summit was hosted by Riyadh in October 2020, under the leadership of the 2020 U20 Chair His Excellency Fahd Al-Rasheed. Its main output was the 2020 U20 Communiqué, which was shared with the G20 2020 Sherpa of Saudi Arabia, ahead of the G20 Summit virtually held by Riyadh, November 2020. The Communiqué was endorsed by the leaders of 39 cities, together representing 155 million people.
The U20 Communique was signed specifically by the mayors, or governors of: Abu Dhabi, Amman, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Buenos Aires, Columbia, Dammam, Dubai, Durban, Hartford, Helsinki, Houston, Istanbul, Izmir, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Lisbon, London, Los Angeles, Madrid, Makkah, Mexico City, Miami, Milan, Montreal, Osaka, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Riyadh, Rome, Rotterdam, San Jose, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Strasbourg, Tegucigalpa, Tokyo and Tshwane..