China is an important partner in providing critically needed finance and infrastructure development capacity for African countries. With a growing awareness of environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks associated with infrastructure development, it is important to consider to what degree development projects cause ESG-related harm to host countries and communities.…
–>download report here This new handbook, developed in cooperation between the Green Finance & Development Center, FISF Fudan University, ClientEarth, the Green Investment Principles (GIP), and the Institute for Finance and Sustainability (IFS), supports environmental risk mitigation through information disclosure, public consultation and grievance mechanism. You can download the English…
On 17 May 2021, a Roundtable on the Green Development Guidance for BRI Projects was held by BRI International Green Development Coalition (BRIGC), World Resources Institute (WRI) and ClientEarth in Beijing. Chinese and international speakers joined the conference both online and on site. International-Roundtable-on-the-Green-Development-Guidance-for-BRI-Projects Background The BRI International Green Development…
From 7 to 11 December, the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) in partnership with the Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF) organized a series of events across multiple countries called the “Building Inclusive and Resilient Economies in the Digital Era”. Dr. Christoph NEDOPIL WANG, Director of the Green Belt and Road Initiative…
On 2 December, the RCEP Civil Society organized a webinar through its secretary, the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF). Dr. Christoph NEDOPIL WANG, Director of the Green BRI Center at IIGF, was invited as a speaker. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) was signed on 15 November…
Download the Full Report in English and in Chinese On December 1, during the Policy Studies Release and Launching of BRI Green Development Institute Event in Beijing, the BRI International Green Development Coalition (BRIGC) released the “Green Development Guidance for BRI Projects Baseline Study Report” (formerly known as “Traffic Light…
On October 16, 2020, the China Center for International Economic Exchanges CCIEE (中国国际经济交流中心) and the German Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Beijing organized a high-level online workshop on EU-China cooperation on climate change. Both China and the EU continue being committed to the Paris Climate Agreement and both acknowledge their responsibilities…
On October 20, the University Alliance for Sustainability held its online workshop on “Financial Markets and Sustainable Development in Times of Climate Change”, organized by Free University Berlin and University of British Columbia (UBC). Among the few selected presentations, IIGF Green BRI Center Director Christoph Nedopil Wang presented the development…
Following the publication of the study on green urban transport finance in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) (you can download and read the full study here), the European Union project EC-Link published the webinar by IIGF Director Dr. Christoph Nedopil Wang. In the webinar, Christoph presents the analysis of…
On June 22, the International Energy Agency (IEA) with the support of the International Institute of Green Finance, CUFE (IIGF) launched the IEA World Energy Investment 2020 Report. Experts from IEA, the Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association (CREIA), the Energy Committee of China Investment Association, Goldwind Technology Co., Ltd., China…