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StrategyAndOps

  • Joined: August 22, 2022
  • Articles: 43

Building Climate-Smart Cities: Local Governments Leading the Green Charge in Africa

Against the backdrop of Africa’s rapid urbanization, the challenges brought by climate change are becoming increasingly severe. Floods, droughts, heatwaves, and energy shortages not only threaten urban operations but also affect people’s livelihoods. In response, local governments are actively adopting green and smart solutions: from Cape Town’s water management to Kigali’s electric mobility, from Dakar’s wetland restoration to Nairobi’s community agriculture. These practices demonstrate how cities can rebuild resilience through nature-based measures...

From Smart Cities to Sponge Cities: Climate-Resilient Design in APAC

Across Asia-Pacific, coastal cities like Singapore, Jakarta, and Bangkok face intensifying floods, heatwaves, and rising seas. Traditional grey infrastructure can no longer keep pace.
Nature-based solutions—wetland restoration, blue-green corridors, and urban greening—are showing how cities can adapt by working with nature, not against it.
At Strategy&Ops, we help urban leaders embed green infrastructure into master plans, apply data-driven design, and align stakeholders to build resilient, climate-smart futures.

Carbon Markets 2.0: Blockchain — only if governance is real

Carbon markets cannot scale without trust. Verification delays, double counting, and fragmented registries continue to undermine credibility and slow progress.
Blockchain offers a solution. With a tamper-proof digital ledger, MRV data can be verified in real time, registries can interoperate seamlessly, and ownership is transparent with credits retired automatically.
At Strategy&Ops, we design carbon credit systems that prevent double counting, ensure transparency, and strengthen governance—building the trust needed for long-term market credibility.

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