The International Coalition of Cities against Racism is an initiative launched by UNESCO in order to network cities committed to counteract discrimination and exclusion.

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The Beijing Design Forum brought those festival cities together to help form a new network of cities using design to make urban agglomerations more livable.

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Bloomberg is the current chairman of C40, which was started in 2005 and is a network of cities around the world looking to implement local actions that can impact climate change.

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