Director Green Finance&Development Center, FISF Fudan// tweets are personal opinions on green finance, sustainable development and whatever strikes my interest
Such a pleasure to work with @MLundLarsen and Tancrède Voituriez on this article on #China’s overseas development funds and evaluating their #Sustainability
My latest article is out today in the Journal of International Development @JID_journal. Co-authored with Tancrède Voituriez and @nedopil.
We show that Chinese sovereign-backed overseas development funds have a severely lacking sustainability approach
https://t.co/qbM0RAl1yb
Paper 1 presented by Christoph Nedopil Wang @nedopil: “Can tripartite cooperation with China mobilise green project finance in the global South?" + discussion with Muyang Chen @PKU1898 moderated by @mkessler_DC
Belt and Road infrastructure projects are getting slightly greener, making up 26.1% of overseas energy engagement in 2022. Fossil fuel related projects still made up 60%, however.
Five takeaways from China’s BRI engagement in 2022 by @nedopil
https://t.co/OYUHF8a5W1
Upcoming event: Race to the Top on Global Green Infrastructure: From BRI to Bluedot and Beyond
Elizabeth Losos @ElizabethLosos,
Christoph Nedopil Wang @nedopil,
Peter Thorin @pdthorin,
and Carmel Lev.
🗓️Oct. 19, 2022
⏰9:00-10:15am ET
RSVP: https://t.co/e0dSovxDcO
🌏 Who owns the majority of climate vulnerable country debt?
A new policy brief finds the majority of the $686.3 billion in @V20Group public debt is owed to private creditors + multilateral development banks, including @WorldBank.
🧵for highlights ⤵️
https://t.co/mu0Wtt5V4N
All coal-fired power generation should be phased out by 2040, but how can decarbonization be reconciled with rising energy demand in developing countries?
@han_cecilia@nedopil@mengdiyue + @UliVolz recap a recent workshop on early coal retirement: https://t.co/2vudaBszZ2
In March, experts from over 15 countries discussed practices + challenges of early coal retirement and potential financial mechanisms, with an eye on China’s overseas investments.
@han_cecilia@nedopil@mengdiyue + @UliVolz recap in a new policy brief: https://t.co/mOIpSzGoWt
Great to be working with great colleagues on this brief on early #coal retirement. More work to be done to actually implement it for cheaper energy and lower emissions.
NEW policy brief from @han_cecilia@nedopil@mengdiyue + @UliVolz recaps a workshop on strategies for the early retirement of coal plants, with a focus on the role of China.
Read more: https://t.co/QN3zy9rdNC
https://t.co/3xtBEUdZM6 @envirochina podcast today talks with @nedopil of Fudan University about Green Belt and Road, why China stopped financing overseas coal, and what the heck is MCDF?
Can China’s latest development finance institution, the Multilateral Cooperation Center for Development Finance, help close the financing gap for sustainable infrastructure?
@MLundLarsen@nedopil@mengdiyue
https://t.co/ivoHtApNXv
We are excited to announce the call for papers for the #GRASFI2022 Conference! We are seeking to include 30-40 high-quality papers on sustainable finance and investment and each chosen paper will be given a 30-minute presentation slot. For info visit https://t.co/aCVVtwRUbR
What do China's new guidelines on 'green development' mean for the #BRI?
Dimitri De Boer & Danting Fan of @ClientEarth, and @nedopil & @YingzhiTang of @greenbeltroad report 👇
https://t.co/daJgi0jHbI
[#PODCAST] There's a big shift underway in Chinese overseas energy & development financing to focus on projects that are smaller, greener, and a lot less risky. @nedopil closely follows these trends and joins us to discuss findings from his H1 2021 report: https://t.co/qOsAz13Dsk
[#PODCAST] There's a big shift underway in Chinese overseas energy & development financing to focus on projects that are smaller, greener, and a lot less risky. @nedopil closely follows these trends and joins us to discuss findings from his H1 2021 report: https://t.co/qOsAz13Dsk
is #China's overseas #coal#finance coming to an end? We just analyzed the data from 2014 to 2020 and found: more than USD65 billion of China-backed overseas coal #bri is shelved, mothballed or cancelled
https://t.co/Gm9c0ATW7y
Mark your calendars to join the official #TNFD global launch event: 10 June, 9.30 EDT /14.30pm BST/ 15.30 CET/ 21.30 SGT.
Hear from the new @TNFD_ Co-Chairs - @davidwicraig & @mremae + guest speakers discuss vision & next steps: https://t.co/DbaZ1fxJ5K