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  3. Global Cities and Metropolises

Global cities and metropolises

Cities and metropolises have ceased to be merely local actors and have become laboratories for global solutions. In particular, CIDOB analyses cities in global governance and cities’ socioeconomic and environmental challenges.

Linia estrategica Ciudades y metrópolis globales

Highlighted publications

Opinion 863
Opinion CIDOB
Dec 23 2025

COP30, or why cities and science are key to climate action

Ricardo Martinez, Senior Research Fellow in Global Cities, CIDOB
CIDOB Monographs_90
Monografías CIDOB
Dec 05 2025

City diplomacy in a fragmented world: Geopolitical tensions, the crisis of multilateralism, and the rising Global South

Ricardo Martinez and Marta Galceran-Vercher (eds.)
Opinión CIDOB nº. 853
Opinion CIDOB
Nov 03 2025

Cities as refuges for biodiversity and laboratories for climate resilience

Alicia Pérez-Porro, Head of Policy Engagement and Institutional Relations, CREAF and Ricardo Martínez, Senior Research Fellow in Global Cities, CIDOB
Notes Internacionals CIDOB nº 323
Notes Internacionals CIDOB
Sep 30 2025

Port Cities and the Blue Economy

José Manuel Pagés Sánchez, Director of Agenda 2030 by AIVP - International Association Cities & Ports
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Researchers

  • Marta Galceran Vercher | Senior Research Fellow
  • Ricardo Martinez | Senior Research Fellow
  • Matthew McLaughlan Merelo | Junior Visiting Fellow
  • Carlos Delclós | Associate Researcher
  • Guillem Ramírez Chico  | Associate Researcher
  • Eckart Woertz | Associate Senior Researcher

CIDOB is an international affairs research centre that, through excellence and relevance, seeks to analyse the global issues that affect political, social and governance dynamics, from the international to the local.

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