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Ruichen Hong

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Ruichen Hong is a research assistant at the International Institute of Green Finance (IIGF). He received a Master of Accounting from the University of Glasgow,  UK, and is in the process of receiving the certification by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) . He is a main author of the China Climate Financing Report and Establishing China’s Green Financial System: His research areas are climate finance, carbon finance, environment accounting and carbon accounting.
Biodiversity-finance

Integrating Climate Change and Biodiversity Ambitions in Chinese Global Engagements such as the Belt and Road Initiative

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Biodiversity and climate change in the bRI

Summary – from climate to biodiversity in the BRI and beyond In the midst of increasing global awareness of environmental and sustainability problems, two interconnected issues are high on the agenda for 2020: climate change and biodiversity. This is in particular true for China who is both under pressure to…

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Biodiversity-finance

Four Axioms of Leadership for Biodiversity Conservation in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)

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Biodiversity Leadership

Natural ecosystems have declined by 47% compared to their earliest estimated state, 25% of species are already threatened with extinction, the biomass of wild animals has decreased by 82%. The losses to biodiversity and its consequences on both economies and our Earth’s well-being are becoming more evident, while the world…

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