Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Aspen Institute announced that CityLab 2021 will be held virtually March 1-3. CityLab is the leading global summit dedicated to exploring the most urgent issues faced by cities around the world and bringing together mayors, local leaders, and world-renowned experts to share innovative and scalable solutions to move communities forward.

America’s schoolchildren and teachers have just gotten some very good news from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. After reviewing data from multiple studies in the U.S. and abroad, the agency has concluded that in-person schooling poses very little risk of coronavirus transmission as long as basic safety precautions are followed. That should send a clear message to governors, mayors and teachers’ union leaders: It’s time to open the schools.

This week, at the dawn of a vitally important new era in American leadership, U.S. troops are stationed in the Capitol for the first time since Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was fatally shot more than 50 years ago. So today, our reflections on Dr. King’s leadership carry an even greater urgency.

President Donald Trump deserved to be impeached, again — this time for his sustained and unprecedented attempt to invalidate the results of the election and incite the worst assault on the peaceful transition of power our country has ever seen.

Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced the launch of the 2021 Global Mayors Challenge, an innovation competition that will identify and accelerate the most ambitious ideas developed by cities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

One of Biden’s latest picks, Gina Raimondo for commerce secretary, is especially encouraging. The role does not have the highest profile in the cabinet, but it is one of the most important economic jobs in Washington. The Commerce Department exerts great influence across an array of federal economic policies, with a broad reach that exceeds even that of Treasury.

Hospitals, schools and businesses across London will be able monitor levels of air pollution in their local area, as the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, launches a new network of sensors at key locations as part of his Breathe London air quality monitoring project.

President-elect Joe Biden’s pledge to rejoin the Paris climate agreement sends an important signal to the world about U.S. leadership. But the action will merely take us back to four years ago. To push us forward, on his first day in office, President Biden should bring together a group of G-20 leaders to join the U.S. in endorsing a mandatory standard for global businesses to measure and report the risks they face from climate change.

In the five years since the signing of the historic Paris Climate Agreement, we’ve made some encouraging progress in the fight against climate change – including here in the United States, thanks to a strong coalition of cities, states, and businesses who remained committed to keeping us on track despite the Trump Administration’s decision to withdraw.

More than 30 of the nation’s leaders and innovators in infectious disease, public health, government, and nonprofit advocacy gathered for the virtual Bloomberg American Health Summit to share their perspectives on what it will take for the United States to fully recover from the pandemic and build a healthier future.