China has signed bilateral agreements with more than 130 countries along the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI): https://green-bri.org/countries-of-the-belt-and-road-initiative-bri.
In this category, you can find articles on different green developments specific to BRI countries.
On January 10th, the State Council Information Office (the administrative office under the State Council) published the White Paper on “China’s International Development Cooperation in the New Era” (中文版本). In 8 chapters, the paper summarizes China’s recent engagement in (generously) providing development assistance (intermixed with its overseas economic engagement) and…
The original article was published on Panda Paw Dragon Claw on 11th January, 2021 and has been updated on Jan 18, 2021. “When the tide goes out, you see who is swimming naked”! This is a quote coined by Warren Buffet about those who take on too much debt, believing…
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…
The European Union Project EC-Link published the new report by IIGF Director Christoph Nedopil, Ying Cui, Andreas Kress and Marie Kleeschulte on “Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) & Green Urban Finance”. In this article, we provide a short summary of the report. Download the full report here About the report…
After the 2014 climate agreement between President Xi Jinping and President Barack Obama alongside the consequent ratification of the Paris Agreement, China sees itself as taking a leadership role in global climate action and governance. Against this background, China has utilized green finance as a major strategy in supporting a…
The first six months of 2020 BRI investments show highest share of renewable energy investment, amid a 50% decline in total BRI investments Overall BRI investment trends Download the full report here New data released by the American Enterprise Institute show that most countries of the Belt and Road Initiative…
The Belt and Road Initiative International Green Development Coalition (BRIGC) was established after the second Belt and Road Forum in April 2019. The BRIGC is supervised by the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) with its own secretariat. The main goal of the BRIGC is “to promote international consensus,…
On March 27, 2020, the First Consultation Meeting of Joint Research on “Green Development Guidance for BRI Projects” (the “Green Light” System) was held via videoconference. The BRI “Green Light System” aims to explore the formulation of guidelines on the assessment and classification of BRI projects and provide guidance for…
The Director of the Green BRI Center, Dr. Christoph Nedopil Wang, was invited to give a presentation on the Belt and Road Initiative and its influence of sustainable and green development in the African context at GITEX – the largest technology conference in Dubai – in October 2019. Here is…
The good news is that the number of newly infected cases of the new coronavirus 2019-nCov has been stabilizing. However, the fear of economic fallouts from the coronavirus 2019-nCov have become ever louder. In a previous piece, we argued that if the SARS outbreak of 2003 is used as a…
