–>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…
The text is based on an article published in Science on March 16, 2023 by the author. More information, including a copy of the paper, can be found online here. The reduction of environmental risks, such as climate change and biodiversity loss, is a challenge requiring global cooperation. It is…
China’s annual “Two Sessions” meetings took place from March 4 to March 13, 2023. It featured significant institutional reforms, elections of key personnel, and policy orientations for the China’s economic, social and political development. The Two Sessions consist of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative…
This article is the first of a series of posts on green finance trends in China. The work was prepared with support from the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) as a scoping study for the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED). The report does not…
On June 1, 2022, the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) issued the “Green Finance Guidelines for the Banking and Insurance Industry”. The Guidelines consolidate the 2019 Guidelines on the high-quality development for the Banking and Insurance Industry and focus particularly on green banking (e.g., green loans, green credit)…
This article was originally published by the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED). On March 28, the Chinese government published a key policy document on the further greening of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), entitled “Opinions on the Joint Implementation of Green Development in the…
On March 31st, 2022, the Eco-Business with strategic support from Refinitiv, an LSEG business, organized its first sustainable finance event with a focus on China. Among the participants, Christoph Nedopil, Director of the Green Finance & Development Center at FISF Fudan University Shanghai, along with speakers from UNDP China, Refinitiv, and…
Download full report here In our new brief written by Christoph Nedopil, Mengdi Yue, and Ulrich Volz and published together with the Green Finance & Development Center at FISF Fudan University and the Centre for Sustainable Finance at SOAS University of London, we analyze global practices for financing early coal…
*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…
From March 4 to March 11, 2022, the “Two Sessions” were held in Beijing. The Two Sessions are the annual meetings of the two main political bodies of the People’s Republic of China: the National People’s Congress (NPC), and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). The Two Sessions provide…