Full report here This executive summary is based on the full report, “China Green Finance Status and Trends 2024-2025” by Mengdi Yue and Christoph Nedopil, published by the Griffith Asia Institute and the Green Finance & Development Center. The report provides a comprehensive analysis of China’s green finance policies, market…
The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) held in Egypt in November was important for spotlighting climate finance in emerging markets. Particularly the Loss and Damage fund, which aims to provide compensation for emerging economies’ losses impacted by climate change, received global attention. A less talked about but highly…
*updated on April 26, 2022 to correct an error of overstating China’s debt suspension in 2020. Key findings The debt burden of the world’s low-income countries rose 12% to a record US$860 billion in 2020;About 60% of low-income countries are at high risk or already in debt distress, up from…
Highlights Download pdf The outbreak of COVID-19 has accelerated many debt issues in Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) countries. In our previous brief on the debt issue in 52 selected BRI countries, we analyzed both the reasons for the pressing debt sustainability issues and the countries that are particularly vulnerable…
Executive Summary Download the report here China is a major lender for countries of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, many of these countries have seen their sovereign debt become unsustainable. Based on the analysis of debt in 52 Selected BRI countries from 2014 to…
On September 21, 2020, the aerospace giant Airbus announced concept designs for “ZEROe”, a zero-emission, hydrogen-powered airplane that would enter service by 2035. While it might be difficult to imagine traveling on a hydrogen-powered plane, hydrogen as a fuel is not new: liquid hydrogen has served as a rocket propellant…