Sep 22, 2021
Giovanni Capannelli, a long-term development professional and the true face of today's multiculturalism shares his exciting professional journey of about two decades across many countries--from islands in the Pacific to landlocked Central Asia-- at the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Today he also shared his insight from the mysterious countries along the Great Silk Road, especially Kazakhstan, where he was the Country Director for ADB.
In this episode of Energypreneurs, we talked about Giovanni's journey, his life after ADB, and his current ventures- building his own consulting company. Originally from Italy, moving to Japan, and now working in Kazakhstan, Giovanni shared the cultural difference in working in Central Asia. With the help of the United Nations, they were able to introduce 2018 a new framework for Kazakhstan’s sustainable development goals and introducing clean energy resource technology. We also talked about how the government and people changed their attitudes toward climate change and how private sectors privilege change due to recent events, especially the COVID-19 pandemic.