{"id":1233,"date":"2023-07-03T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-03T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kerizconsulting.eu\/?p=1233"},"modified":"2024-05-01T13:51:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T11:51:40","slug":"smart-cities-and-the-net-zero-challenge-insights-from-paris-roundtable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kerizconsulting.eu\/index.php\/2023\/07\/03\/smart-cities-and-the-net-zero-challenge-insights-from-paris-roundtable\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart Cities and the Net-Zero Challenge: Insights from Paris Roundtable"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Returning to France from Asia, I had the enriching opportunity to attend the 3rd Roundtable on Smart Cities and Inclusive Growth in Paris. The discussions delved into how smart cities can catalyze the net-zero transition, among other topics. The term \u2018smart city\u2019 has evolved, intersecting various influences and interests, and is now synonymous with sustainability. It\u2019s essential to underpin smart city initiatives with a robust strategy for sustainable urban development, integrating SDGs as guiding policies. This approach will enable developing countries to forge their path in SDG localisation, moving beyond a top-down methodology to one that empowers localities and ensures devolution of power, aligning with the global sustainability goals.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After #Asia<\/a> \ud83c\udf0f \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe \ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddec, back to #France<\/a> \ud83c\uddeb\ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddfa, and a few days in #Paris<\/a>. Thanks a lot to <\/a>Aziza Akhmouch<\/a> and <\/a>Soo-Jin Kim<\/a>, respectively Head and Deputy head of the Cities, Urban Policies and Sustainable Development division at OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions & Cities<\/a>, giving me the opportunity to attend the 3rd Roundtable on #SmartCities<\/a> and Inclusive Growth.

Following my trip to #Malaysia<\/a> \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe, I also had the chance to exchange about the Asian context with <\/a>Curt Garrigan<\/a>, Chief of the Sustainable Urban Development Section for the Environment and Development Division at United Nations<\/a> ESCAP (in #Thailand<\/a> \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded).

A deep dive into the topic \u00ab\u00a0How can #smartcities<\/a> boost the #netzero<\/a> transition ?\u00a0\u00bb but not only. \u27a1\ufe0f program<\/a>.

Above all a #technocorp<\/a> driven marketing term, #smartcity<\/a> becomes nowadays a catch-all word at the crossroads of many influences and interests, from #technopush<\/a> to #lobbying<\/a> without forgetting #ideology<\/a>. It has also and more recently merged with #sustainability<\/a>, a step towards public policies (#KPIs<\/a> driven evaluation).

A tool or a policy ? May be both \u2026 However, it would be better to start first with a sustainable urban development strategy (#SDGs<\/a> policies with guidelines) and then consider the promise of digital tools (e.g. #opensource<\/a> urban data #platform<\/a> supporting integrated public policies, citizens and businesses) as well as the requisite and crucial #capacity<\/a> building.

As a result, it would help developing countries (#globalsouth<\/a>) go their own way in the spirit of #SDGs<\/a> localization, and not only through a disconnected copypaste topdown approach. As Korean experts \ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddf7 figured out, it will be difficult to get a positive and sustainable impact towards communities without empowering cities and regions, and eventually with a clear #devolution<\/a> of normative power \u2026

That is my own simple thought and #takeaway<\/a> after this very rich and complex seminar. I guess OECD – OCDE<\/a> is at the forefront of thought #leadership<\/a> on these topics !

More information and documentation on the roundtable can be found with this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Returning to France from Asia, I had the enriching opportunity to attend the 3rd Roundtable on Smart Cities and Inclusive Growth in Paris. The discussions delved into how smart cities can catalyze the net-zero transition, among other topics. The term \u2018smart city\u2019 has evolved, intersecting various influences and interests, and is now synonymous with sustainability. It\u2019s essential to underpin smart city initiatives with a robust strategy for sustainable urban development, integrating SDGs as guiding policies. This approach will enable developing countries to forge their path in SDG localisation, moving beyond a top-down methodology to one that empowers localities and ensures devolution of power, aligning with the global sustainability goals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1234,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,83],"tags":[152,114,102],"class_list":["post-1233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital-cities-en","category-urban-policies-en","tag-people","tag-sustainability","tag-urbanplanning","grid-sizer","latest_post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerizconsulting.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerizconsulting.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerizconsulting.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kerizconsulting.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kerizconsulting.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1233"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kerizconsulting.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1238,"href":"https:\/\/kerizconsulting.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1233\/revisions\/1238"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kerizconsulting.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerizconsulting.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kerizconsulting.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kerizconsulting.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}