Green Belt and Road Initiative Research
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Project Summary: The BRI Renewable Energy Database
The “Belt and Road” Initiative Renewable Energy Database Project aims to provide comprehensive information to regulatory institutions, companies, and financial institutions, by describing the locations, scales, and current development of Chinese investment and financing in the renewable energy sector in countries along the “Belt and Road” route, and exploring potential areas, technologies, and financing types for future green investments.
This project is sponsored by Energy Foundation and comprises two parts – the renewable energy database and the case studies report.
In-depth analysis of the “Guidelines for Ecological and Environmental Protection in Overseas Investment and Cooperation Construction Projects”
Over the past years, China has become one of the most important sources of infrastructure funding in the developing world through its Belt and Road Initiative On January 6, 2022, China’s Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE) together with the Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) issued the new “Green development guidelines for overseas investment cooperation and construction projects.” In this piece, Sarah Tang, Deputy Director of the Green BRI Center at IIGF analyses the new Guidelines and provides her recommendations for further greening of the overseas investment under the Belt and Road.