https://www.scmp.com/rss/508077/feed Dr Christoph Nedopil Wang is the founding director of the International Institute of Green Finance Green Belt and Road Initiative Centre, and a senior research fellow at the Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE) in Beijing, China. He is a lead author of the report “Green Development Guidance for BRI Projects Baseline Study” and an expert to the BRI International Green Development Coalition of the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com In 2020, as most of the world’s economies have struggled with the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, China’s investments into countries in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) have grown in value by 30 per cent, according to Ministry of Commerce statistics. Investments include transport, health, mining and more. In the five years since the initiative’s inception, one sector has remained steadfast in China’s ever-growing stream of outward investments: energy. With the energy sector central to the... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3113152/how-red-flagging-coal-can-help-align-belt-and-road-projects-chinas?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3113152/how-red-flagging-coal-can-help-align-belt-and-road-projects-chinas?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 09 Dec 2020 07:45:12 +0000