{"id":1548,"date":"2024-11-26T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kerizconsulting.eu\/?p=1548"},"modified":"2024-12-16T15:23:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T14:23:41","slug":"investing-in-green-cities-key-takeaways-from-gcif2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kerizconsulting.eu\/index.php\/2024\/11\/26\/investing-in-green-cities-key-takeaways-from-gcif2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Investing in Green Cities: Key Insights from GCIF2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The GreenCity Investment Forum 2024 (GCIF2024) united experts and investors to transform intermediary cities into eco-friendly, climate-resilient hubs. Hosted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Centre for IMT-GT Subregional Cooperation (CIMT), the forum emphasized the GreenCity Action Plans (GCAPs), promoting bottom-up projects and capacity building.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was honored to be invited to the #GreenCity<\/a> Investment Forum #GCIF2024<\/a>, a high-level gathering held at the Grand Hyatt Kuala Lumpur<\/a>. Initiated by the Asian Development Bank (ADB)<\/a> and the Centre for IMT-GT Subregional Cooperation (CIMT)<\/a>, this forum focused on the #GreenCity<\/a> Action Plans (#GCAPs<\/a>) framework, serving as a hashtag#roadmap<\/a> for transforming intermediary cities into eco-friendly, climate-resilient hubs through #empowerment<\/a> (bottom-up projects) and capacity building.

Strategically positioned at the crossroads of #Indonesia<\/a> \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\udde9, #Malaysia<\/a> \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe, and #Thailand<\/a> \ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded, this regional initiative involves potential public-private-people partnerships (#PPPP<\/a>) and aims to economically integrate the concerned region. Accordingly, a business council has been established to foster collaboration in this region, which also shares a similar language (Bahasa).

Key sessions included unveiling investment opportunities in Malaysian cities, discussions on sustainable finance, and integrating blue economy principles (#SDG14<\/a>) into green city agendas, as well as #smart<\/a> innovations and carbon pricing. The closing declaration announces a shared commitment to advancing urban sustainability goals in #Malaysia<\/a> \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddfe.

One of my key #takeaways<\/a> from the forum is the challenge of multi-level #governance<\/a>, especially the limited #autonomy<\/a> at the local level in #Southeastasia<\/a> \ud83c\udf0f where the government structure tends to be more administrative than political. The new mayor of #KualaLumpur<\/a>, <\/a>Dr Maimunah Mohd Sharif<\/a>, who urged to “walk the talk,” highlighted that building clean cities also involves striving for “clean” #governance<\/a>. Could often-discussed integrated policies be part of the next update of the #GCAPs<\/a> (2.0), considering the comprehensive framework of the #SDGs<\/a> and potential #smartcity<\/a> solutions?

For my #consultancy<\/a> work, this event was a fantastic opportunity to connect with key stakeholders and gain valuable insights into #sustainability<\/a>-focused urban initiatives in the region, which align perfectly with my #consultancy<\/a> areas. To wrap things up on a bright note, I had the pleasure of joining an unexpected picture \ud83d\udcf8 with <\/a>Kiyau Loo Lee<\/a>, Director of Special Programme at #EXPOMAL<\/a> International, who was in charge of this 2-day organisation!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The GreenCity Investment Forum 2024 (GCIF2024) united experts and investors to transform intermediary cities into eco-friendly, climate-resilient hubs. Hosted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Centre for IMT-GT Subregional Cooperation (CIMT), the forum emphasized the GreenCity Action Plans (GCAPs), promoting bottom-up projects and capacity building.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,83],"tags":[190,112,223,114,102],"class_list":["post-1548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digital-cities-en","category-urban-policies-en","tag-asia","tag-business","tag-innovation-en","tag-sustainability","tag-urbanplanning","grid-sizer","latest_post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerizconsulting.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1548","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=1548"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kerizconsulting.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1571,"href":"https:\/\/kerizconsulting.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1548\/revisions\/1571"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kerizconsulting.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerizconsulting.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kerizconsulting.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kerizconsulting.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}