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Green Finance Trends in China (2): Green Finance Instruments

This article is the first of a series of posts on green finance trends in China. Green Finance Trend...
Green Finance trends in China (1): China’s Green Finance Policy Landscape

This article is the first of a series of posts on green finance trends in China. The work was prepar...
China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Investment Report 2022

The new BRI investment report covers the period until December 2022. Download the full report here K...
New report: Debt-for-nature swap – a commissioned report for China’s Green Finance Committee

As the world’s largest bilateral creditor nation, China may be considering strategies and plans fo...
New Issue Brief: Accelerated Retirement of China’s Overseas Coal-Fired Power Plants Can Unlock Massive Energy Transition Potentials for South and Southeast Asia

A foundational pillar of addressing climate change that was unthinkable only three years ago is now ...
Report for G20 Climate and Sustainability working group: Innovative finance towards a low-carbon and climate-resilient future

On November 16, 2022, the G20 meeting in Bali, Indonesia under Indonesia’s presidency conclude...
Brief: China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Investment Report H1 2022

Key findings BRI finance and investments is steady at low levels in the first half of 2022...
Interpretation: New CBIRC “Green Finance Guidelines for the Banking and Insurance Industry”

On June 1, 2022, the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) issued the “Green F...
Policy Brief: The Potential for Early Coal Plant Retirement

In a new policy brief, Christoph Nedopil, Cecilia Springer, Ulrich Volz and Mengdi Yue summarize a w...
Interpretation: Opinions on the Joint Implementation of Green Development in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) by four Ministries

This article was originally published by the China Council for International Cooperation on Environm...
Event: Panel on the Impact of China’s Sustainable Finance on Asia’s Financial Hubs

On March 31st, 2022, the Eco-Business with strategic support from Refinitiv, an LSEG business, ...
Brief: Global Practices for Financing of Early Coal Retirement for Accelerated Green Energy Transition

In our new brief written by Christoph Nedopil, Mengdi Yue, and Ulrich Volz and published together wi...