China’s Pollution Discharge Rights Trading System in 2025: Progress and Policy Recommendations

Introduction As China continues advancing its ecological civilization reforms, the pollution discharge rights trading system has become an important market-based instrument within the country’s environmental governance framework. Unlike carbon emissions trading, which targets greenhouse gases, pollution discharge rights trading in China focuses on conventional pollutants (such as sulfur dioxide, nitrogen Read more

Report Release: Study on Financial Needs and Financing Mechanisms for Climate Change Adaptation 适应气候变化资金需求及融资机制研究

随着全球及国内洪水、干旱和热浪等极端天气事件频发,经济社会面临的障碍日益增多,提升气候风险适应能力的需求极为迫切。 然而,流向适应气候变化领域的资金增长缓慢,根据联合国环境规划署(UNEP)2023年发布的《适应性融资缺口报告》(Adaptation Gap Report 2023),全球适应资金缺口已扩大至每年1940亿至3660亿美元。中国同样面临此挑战,大部分气候投融资仍主要用于减缓行动,造成巨大的适应资金缺口,仅依赖财政资金难以填补。 因此,当前阶段开展适应气候变化资金需求及融资机制研究具有重要现实意义,它不仅有助于明确我国适应气候变化所需的投资方向、搭建资金桥梁以增强社会适应能力,更能助力协调经济发展与气候韧性建设。本研究通过对国内外适应资金需求测算理论与实践,以及对适应融资机制的设计与案例的系统性梳理和研究,旨在为我国梳理适应气候变化资金需求、探索可行性较高的融资机制探明方向和路径,为相关方完善适应融资机制提供政策建议。 Amid the increasing frequency of extreme weather events such as floods, droughts, and heatwaves, both globally and domestically, socio-economic systems face growing disruptions, making it a pressing need to enhance climate risk adaptation capacity. However, the growth of funding for climate change adaptation has Read more

IIGF-UN Women “Sustainable Financing for Gender Equality: Practices, Strategies, and Innovations in ESG Framework” Salon Held in Shanghai

On March 1, 2024, the International Institute of Green Finance (IIGF) at the Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE), in collaboration with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), organized a salon event named “Sustainable Financing for Gender Equality: Practices, Strategies, and Read more

The 2023 Annual Meeting of the International Institute of Green Finance (IIGF), Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE)

It is our great pleasure to cordially invite you to the 2023 Annual Meeting of the International Institute of Green Finance, which will be held at the Central University of Finance and Economics Academic Hall 402&202 (No.39 South College Road, Haidian District, Beijing). The meeting will take place on Sunday, Read more

Russia

The expansive geographical landscape of Russia plays a pivotal role in shaping its economic endeavors, boasting an estimated share exceeding 30% of the world’s natural resources. With its copious resource endowment, Russia holds the distinction of possessing the globe’s largest reservoirs of natural gas, second-largest deposits of coal, and eighth-largest Read more

Zhengyun Zhou

Personal Information POSITION: Assistant ResearcherDEPARTMENT: Green Belt and Road Initiative CenterLANGUAGES: Chinese, EnglishKEY AREAS OF EXPERTISE: Renewable energy transition in Africa, Gender Finance Contact information TELEPHONE: +8619903615896EMAIL: zhouzhengyun@iigf.com.cnLINKEDIN: linkedin.com/in/zhengyun-zhou-0b32881b4 Zhengyun Zhou holds a master’s degree in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (JHU SAIS) and Read more

What’s holding back transition finance in China?

To help carbon-intensive sectors decarbonise, frameworks are needed and greenwashing must be avoided Authors Zhao Xin, assistant research fellow at the International Institute of Green Finance, Central University of Finance and Economics (zhaoxin@iigf.com.cn) Shi Zhixi, research assistant at the International Institute of Green Finance, Central University of Finance and Economics Read more