Experts and representatives of interest groups will explore ideas on how to transform Kuala Lumpur into the world’s first botanical city when they meet at a high-level dialogue in October.
Policymakers, urban planners, environmental experts and business leaders from across the Asean region will also cover other issues such as protecting diversity in rapidly growing Southeast Asian cities, adapting to climate change, and improving quality of life for city dwellers.
The three-part Botanical City Dialogues, which is part of a dialogue series to be held in conjunction with the 45th Asean Summit, will be hosted by Malaysian think tank Global Institute For Tomorrow (GIFT).
“Across the region, unplanned urbanisation is straining critical systems, evident in rising heat stress, fragmented green spaces, waterway degradation, and the quiet disappearance of native…