Resources & multimedia
U7 documents
U7 Position Paper - "Boosting Progress towards G7 Objective through Sustainable Cities, Urbanization and Multilevel Cooperation"
U7 Discussion Paper - Climate-Resilient, People- Centred and Nature-Positive Solutions in the G7 through Multilevel Cooperation (August 2024)
2023 U7 Mayors Declaration (2 March 2023)
2022 U7 Mayors Declaration (3 May 2022)
The 2022 U7 Mayors Declaration is also available in French, German, Italian and Japanese.
U7 at a glance (September 2022)
G7 documents with references to multilevel action
References to cities, urbanisation and multilevel action at G7 Ministerial Communique (May 2022)
G7 Leaders’ Communiqué (28 June 2022)
G7 Urban Development Ministers’ Communiqué (13 September 2022)
Publications, media articles and press releases
22 August 2024 Was machen die Städte im G7-Prozess? (press article #stadtvonmorgen)
19 May 2023 Marvin Rees: G7 shows cities deserve their place on world stage
April 2023 Towards a seat at the table: How an initiative of cities got their voices heard during Germany’s 2022 G7 Presidency (also as PDF)
3 March 2023 Mayors Gather in Tokyo for Third U7 Mayors Summit (press release)
15 September 2022 “A G7 Roadmap for Sustainable Urban Development” (also as PDF)
3 May 2022 City leaders from G7 nations convene at U7 Mayors Summit and adopt powerful declaration (press release)
24 February 2022 Strong urban alliance formed to accompany the German G7 Presidency (press release)
U7 Secretariat 2024:
The U7 is receiving financial support from the BMWSB.