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Policy Report Launch: IIGF Green BRI Center and Oxford University Silk Road Society present “The Central Asian Way, Social and environmental sustainability in the BRI”.

By Aurelie Chane-Yook March 31, 2021

Monday 30th of March, the IIGF Green BRI Center in collaboration with Oxford University Silk Road Society Think Tank presented their work on the policy report “ The Central Asian Way : social and environmental sustainability in the BRI”. The policy report, launched on Wednesday 31st of March, aimed to…

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Energy Finance

NEWS: Youth Economic Forum Panel “The Green Development Agenda: A Green New Deal for Southeast Asia in the Post-COVID-19 Era?”

By Lefei Chen March 8, 2021

We invite you to watch this year’s panel “The Green Development Agenda: A Green New Deal for Southeast Asia in the Post-COVID-19 Era?” of the Youth Economic Forum YEF that happened on March 6th, 2021. The panel featured high-level experts, including Desmond Tan, Minister of Sustainability and the Environment of…

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BRI Countries

PODCAST: The China in Africa Podcast invited the IIGF Green BRI Center to discuss whether the BRI indeed becomes more green

By Lefei Chen February 12, 2021

We invite you to listen to the new China in Africa Podcast, which invited IIGF Green BRI Center Director Christoph Nedopil and Researcher Mengdi Yue to discuss how the Belt and Road Initiative might become even greener in the coming years. The podcast was titled “China’s Cutting Back on BRI…

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Biodiversity-finance

NEWS: Panel Discussion on Aligning Finance with Nature’s Needs, in China and Beyond

By Lefei Chen February 4, 2021

How to align finance with nature’s needs, in China and beyond? This question is of ever greater concern with fast deteriorating biodiversity and an increasing recognition of the financial risks of not only climate change, but also biodiversity loss. To learn more about China’s role in aligning finance with nature’s…

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Climate Finance

NEWS: Webinar on Climate Change and Sustainable Finance co-organized by UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) and the Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF)

By December 10, 2020

From 7 to 11 December, the UN Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) in partnership with the Singapore Fintech Festival (SFF) organized a series of events across multiple countries called the “Building Inclusive and Resilient Economies in the Digital Era”. Dr. Christoph NEDOPIL WANG, Director of the Green Belt and Road Initiative…

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Green Finance Policy

NEWS: Webinar on the impact of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) on the environment

By December 4, 2020

On 2 December, the RCEP Civil Society organized a webinar through its secretary, the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation (CBCGDF). Dr. Christoph NEDOPIL WANG, Director of the Green BRI Center at IIGF, was invited as a speaker. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) was signed on 15 November…

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News: EU-China climate change cooperation – a KAS/CCIEE workshop

By Green BRI Center October 23, 2020

On October 16, 2020, the China Center for International Economic Exchanges CCIEE (中国国际经济交流中心) and the German Konrad Adenauer Foundation in Beijing organized a high-level online workshop on EU-China cooperation on climate change. Both China and the EU continue being committed to the Paris Climate Agreement and both acknowledge their responsibilities…

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