Location: Royale Chulan, Kuala Lumpur
The UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is an ambitious global effort to be delivered by 2030, entailing overarching global action on inclusiveness, socio-economic resiliency, and environmental protection. All 17 cross-cutting SDGs act as urban targets for urban actors when driving action and investment in innovative urban development. Since cities house half of the world’s population and contribute to two-thirds of the worldwide GDPs, our cities are essential in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.
Not all cities will work at the same speed, have similar priorities, or even the same starting point. Hence, localizing the SDGs at the local and regional city level becomes pivotal, encouraging and leading city leaders to embrace the global goals. Given the scale, complexity, and interconnectedness of smart city services, cities need integrated strategies, project implementation, and sound methods for monitoring and reporting to align to the specific goals.
The 5th edition of Cities 4.0, with the overarching theme ‘Local Action, Global Achievement,’ aims to facilitate discussions and dialogues on strategies for developing a practical roadmap to localize the SDGs for local actions on project implementation and monitoring. The conference will further discuss strategies for building climate-smart cities, from measuring urban greenhouse gas emissions to implementing urban vegetation and smart waste management. Various aspects of technological and capacity development in making the success of smart cities will also be discussed by the international experts over the two-day conference.
For more information, please have a look at the website: www.cities4pointzero.com