In order to achieve sustainable development, a fast energy transition from brown fossil fuels (such as coal, oil, gas) to 100% green renewable energies (such as wind power, solar power) is paramount.
IIGF is researching how BRI countries can transition their electricity generation to renewable energy to contribute to climate protection.
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…
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…
China’s climate change projects in countries along the Belt and Road have made remarkable progress. In the first half of 2020, BRI energy-related investments were predominantly climate-friendly for the first time. However, compared with some international institutions, China’s development of climate investment and finance is still at an early stage.…
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…
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…
On June 22, the International Energy Agency (IEA) with the support of the International Institute of Green Finance, CUFE (IIGF) launched the IEA World Energy Investment 2020 Report. Experts from IEA, the Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association (CREIA), the Energy Committee of China Investment Association, Goldwind Technology Co., Ltd., China…
The year 2020 has proven to be more turbulent than anyone could have expected, and it is only June. While in February we asked if 2020 would be the year of China’s global green leadership, hoping that the Covid-19 virus outbreak would be short-lived, by March we already we had to incorporate broader-than-expected fallout…
Many countries of the Belt and Road Initiative are among the world’s major energy producing and consuming countries. At the same time, they are mostly developing countries, with the requirement to continue expanding its energy markets. As many of China’s investment and financing projects along Silk Road have climate effects,…
This document has been translated by Yiwei Qi from its Chinese original. Iran, located on the new Eurasian land-bridge of the Silk Road Economic Belt as well as the China-Central Asia-West Asia Economic Corridor, is an important point along the “Belt and Road”. In January 2016, China and Iran formally…
While green bonds remain the most mature instruments, a wide range of innovative financial solutions are rapidly developing. Issuing green bonds, i.e. bonds whose proceeds are earmarked for funding climate and environmental-friendly projects, is an effective and increasingly popular way to achieve this end. In just over a decade, annual…
