Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2015)
Reporting Period: 2015
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Metropolitan governance structures and cooperation beyond administrative boundaries / urban-rural linkages
- Integrated resource-efficient development / Urban NEXUS
- Regional economic development and innovative business regions
- Inclusive labor markets and residential centers in metropolitan regions
Governance Achievements
- Developed action-oriented advisory services on the role of metropolitan regions as drivers for sustainable development
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Most metropolitan regions, particularly in developing countries, do not have well-established governance arrangements or mechanisms/instruments for planning, coordination, and financing at that scale.
- Fragmentation causes foregone opportunities for service provision efficiencies; spillovers across jurisdictional boundaries do not get addressed effectively; and regional income and service level inequalities tend to fester, or even grow over time.
Mitigation Strategies
- Develop a practice-oriented conceptual framework for future cooperation with metropolitan regions and related partners.
- Analyze how and why metropolitan regions work – or not – and how effective metropolitan governance can be operationalized by application of certain institutional arrangements, mechanisms, and instruments.