Financing green innovation and green technologies is necessary to achieve sustainable development along the sustainable development goals that include both economic and green development. Green innovation might include innovation in energy (such as solar energy, wind energy), green transport (such as electric vehicles, autonomous vehicles) and green financing instruments, such as blockchain.
Executive summary In March 2026, during the so called “Two Sessions”, China agreed on its 15th Five-Year Plan (FYP) (the draft had been circulated since October 2025) as a follow up to the 14th FYP (for a comparison of the major targets between the 14th FYP and 15th FYP, see…
>>Download here This executive summary is based on the full report, “China Green Finance Status and Trends 2025-2026” by Fang Yang, Jinze Li and Christoph Nedopil, co-published with the Griffith Asia Institute. The report provides a comprehensive analysis of China’s green finance policies, market developments, and strategic recommendations to accelerate the sector’s growth.…
2025 saw the highest BRI engagement ever for any year, with USD 128.4 billion in construction contracts and about USD 85.2 billion in investments
Key findings The first half of 2025, or “2025 H1” saw the highest BRI engagement ever for any 6-month period, with USD 66.2 billion in construction contracts and about USD 57.1 billion in investments;China’s energy related engagement in 2025 were the highest in any period since the BRI’s inceptionreaching USD42…
Download report On November 16, 2022, the G20 meeting in Bali, Indonesia under Indonesia’s presidency concluded. The report on Innovative finance towards a low-carbon and climate-resilient future written by Christoph Nedopil and supported by UNDP, UNICEF, GGGI and NDC Partnership for the G20 Climate and Sustainability Working Group (CSWG) was…
Another turbulent and complex year is coming to end driven by economic recovery (discussions), more COVID19 and more Zoom conferences. Before we round up and share what we believe were key developments in green finance and sustainable development in 2021, we want to take this opportunity and first say: Thank you for…
On March 5 during the “Two Sessions”, China introduced its 14th five-year plan for 2021 to 2025, as well as the Government Work Plan. In it, China vows to focus on “green development”, to uphold the “30-60” promise of Xi Jinping for China to try to peak carbon emissions before…
On February 22, 2021, China’s State Council issued the “Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Establishment and Improvement of a Green and Low-Carbon Circular Development Economic System”. Published by the highest Chinese governing body only few weeks before the start of the “Two Sessions”- the annual plenary sessions of the national…
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…
Highlights Renewable energy investments (solar, wind, hydro) constitute majority of Chinese overseas energy investments – increasing their share from 38% in 2019 to 57% in 2020 – amid a total decrease of BRI investments of 54% Key findings Chinese overseas investments into countries of the BRI were about US$47 billion…