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The Global
Parliamentarians on Habitat at a Glance
Approximately six billion people already live on our Earth today.
The United Nations predicts that the number will rise to nearly ten
billion by the year 2050. Since the majority of these people are
flocking to the cities, ways must be found for guiding this rapid
– often uncontrolled – process of urbanisation in a
controllable, governable and humane direction.
The Global Parliamentarians on Habitat (GPH) is an international
organization of parliamentarians whose members are committed to
sustainable urban development.
Since April 2008,
Peter Götz, Member of the German
Bundestag, has been President of the Global Parliamentarians on
Habitat. The seat of the organisation was thus moved from Mexico
City, Mexico, to Berlin, Germany.
Parliamentarians as legislators
The members of the Global Parliamentarians on Habitat are
parliamentarians. The parliamentarians of the GPH have set
themselves the goal of working as legislators in their parliaments
to ensure that governments increasingly address sustainability
issues, above all in the areas of housing, urban development and
local self-government.
President of the Board of Directors of the GPH
Peter Götz MdB
peter.goetz@bundestag.de
Office of the President/Secretary-General
Birte Leinius
birte.leinius@bundestag.de
Deutscher Bundestag
Platz der Republik 1
11011 Berlin
Germany
Tel.: +49 (0)30 227 74111
Fax: +49 (0)30 227 76319