Green Cities = Improved Lives

Cities are dynamic and vital parts of society and are the main engines of social, economic and technological development. Cities have significant resource demands through the services they provide, and as such, cities are a major driver of environmental impact. The EBRD responded to this challenge by establishing EBRD Green Cities in 2016. EBRD Green Cities uses Green City Action Plans (‘GCAPs’) to systematically prioritise and finance transformational environmental and climate related municipal infrastructure.

 

This session explored how EBRD Green Cities delivers high environmental standards and what this means for citizens’ quality of life, the role it has to play in EU-accession (at the city level) and the role of smart solutions.

 

Moderator

 

 

Josué Tanaka

 

Managing Director, OSP, EE & Climate Change, EBRD

 

 

Keynote

 

Edin Forto

 

Prime Minister of Sarajevo Canton

 

 

Nandita Parshad

 

Managing Director, Sustainable Infrastructure Group, EBRD

 

 

Speakers

 

 

Nigel Jollands

 

Associate Director, Energy Efficiency & Climate Change, EBRD

 

 

Lin O'Grady

 

Deputy Head, Sustainable Infrastructure Policy & Project Preparation, EBRD

 

 

Sarah Ouziaux

 

Marketing & Innovation Director - Belgium & Assoc. Territories, Tractebel Engineering SA

 

 

Igor Radojičić

 

Mayor, City of Banja Luka

 

 

German Velasquez

 

Director, Division of Mitigation and Adaptation (DMA), Green Climate Fund (GCF)

 

 

Erion Veliaj

 

Mayor, City of Tirana

 

 

Done