Green Infrastructure

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Green infrastructure investments helps develop economies of the Belt and Road Initiative in terms of economic connectivity (e.g. through transport infrastructure, energy infrastructure, digital infrastructure). In this section, we provide analyses of linear infrastructure investments in the Belt and Road Initiative.

New studies published: EU and China support green urban development in the Belt and Road Initiative BRI

By Green BRI Center April 21, 2020

The European Union-funded project EC-Link just published three new reports on green Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) development: Belt and Road Initiative & Sustainable Urbanization Belt and Road Initiative & Sustainable Urban Transport Belt and Road Initiative & Industry 4.0 IIGF Director Christoph NEDOPIL WANG was the author of the BRI report on…

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Green Infrastructure

IIGF Publication: EU China Cooperation for Green Urban Transport Development in the Belt and Road Initiative

By Christoph NEDOPIL WANG April 21, 2020

Sustainable transport is a key pillar of green development in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Accordingly, the European Union-funded project EC-Link just published a report on Belt and Road Initiative & Sustainable Urban Transport along two other papers on Belt and Road Initiative & Sustainable Urbanization and Belt and Road…

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Green Finance Policy

Green Light System for the Belt and Road Initiative

By Christoph NEDOPIL WANG April 17, 2020

On Friday, March 27, 2020, the Belt and Road Initiative Green Coalition (BRIGC) under the guidance of the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) organized an online-meeting to discuss the first version of the “Green Light System” (Chinese: 交通灯) for the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). The following article…

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BRI Countries

IIGF Opinion in Caixin News: Will 2020 be the year China takes the lead on sustainability

By Christoph NEDOPIL WANG, Prof. Mark Greeven and 1 more February 3, 2020

This article was originally posted on the website of the top business school IMD and on Caixin News. The Chinese New Year is off to an inauspicious start. The spread of the coronavirus has paralyzed large parts of the country and caused chaos on one of the most important dates…

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Climate Finance

Infrastructure Investment Schemes in Asia in Addition to the BRI

By Mathias Lund Larsen August 22, 2019

In essence, the SDGs can only be met if they are an integral part of the development paths of countries under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). As the original 65 countries under the BRI collectively account for over 30% of global GDP, 62% of population, and 75% of known…

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How China should push green transport innovation and reduce private car sales by 75% to 5 million

By Christoph NEDOPIL WANG August 1, 2019

The original article was published in Chinese by the International Institute of Finance (IIGF) here. Passenger car sales in China have been declining over the past 12 months and experts expect “only” 22 million car sales in China in 2019. This is good news – but not good enough. Car…

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BRI Countries

The resources and potential of renewable energy in South Africa

By Hongfeng Xu, Jing Wang and 1 more July 22, 2019

South Africa is the 2nd largest economy in Africa and one of the African countries which have signed BRI cooperation agreements with China at an early stage. During Chinese President Xi’s visit in September 2018, both countries expressed wishes to strengthen cooperation within the framework of the BRI and the…

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BRI Countries

The resources and potential of renewable energy in Spain

By Hongfeng Xu, Jing Wang and 1 more June 26, 2019

Spain is located on the new Euroasian land bridge in the Silk Road Economic Belt. Although Spain has not yet officially assigned to the BRI cooperation, it has jointly released with China the Joint Statement on Strengthening Comprehensive Strategic Partnership during the visit of China’s President Xi in Nov 2018,…

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Climate Finance

The Potential of MDBs in Greening the Belt and Road Initiative

By Mathias Lund Larsen June 21, 2019

How Multilateral Development Banks (MDB) Characteristics can Address the BRI’s Green Challenges through Financing Solutions, Coordination Activities, and Policy Support Simply put, global climate and environmental goals can only be met if they are an integral part of the development paths of BRI countries. This is true alone because BRI…

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Green Infrastructure

Green Public Transport Innovation in China – an opportunity for BRI countries

By Christoph NEDOPIL WANG June 19, 2019

On May 20, 2019, the Ministry of Transport and 12 other ministries jointly issued the Green Travel Action Plan (2019-2022), which will further promote the large-scale application of green vehicles and accelerate the construction of charging infrastructure. China will also continue to improve public transportation facilities, connectivity and information systems…

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