On 15 July, a Press Conference was held in the John Paul II Hall of the Holy See to present the Workshop Modern Slavery and Climate Change: the Commitment of the Cities and the Symposium Prosperity, People, and Planet: Achieving Sustainable Development in Our Cities. The workshop is to be held in the Synod Hall at the Vatican, on 21 and 22 July, the Mayors of “the major cities of the planet”, local governors and representatives of the United Nations have been invited “to share best practices in counter climate change and modern slavery. ” From the UK will be George Ferguson (elected mayor of Bristol) and Tony Lloyd (interim mayor of Greater Manchester until elections in 2017). Continue reading →