https://www.scmp.com/rss/319122/feed Ma Jun is president of the Beijing-based Institute of Finance and Sustainability and a former co-chair of the G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Ma Jun,Sean Kidney Ma Jun,Sean Kidney As the United States renounces its climate commitments, a chain reaction of wavering pledges and scaled-back investments by other donors and multilateral institutions has followed. This trend raises the stakes for everyone else, underscoring the urgency of closing the financing gap for climate adaptation and mitigation in the developing world. Fortunately, China has increasingly been projecting itself as a source of alternative, low-cost funding for climate and sustainability projects across the... https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3334996/how-yuan-internationalisation-helping-close-climate-finance-gap?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/opinion/china-opinion/article/3334996/how-yuan-internationalisation-helping-close-climate-finance-gap?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 03 Dec 2025 12:30:10 +0000 China's establishment of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has intensified debate about whether a new generation of development banks, led by emerging countries, is needed to ensure financing decisions account for principles of environmentally sustainable growth. Far more important, however, is whether such principles underpin developing countries' broader capital markets, which have become increasingly central to the international financial system. The answer, as of now, seems to be yes.... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1795045/green-finance-key-sustainable-growth-china-and-elsewhere?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1795045/green-finance-key-sustainable-growth-china-and-elsewhere?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 May 2015 06:23:01 +0000