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Issue #20—January 2022

China’s Green Finance 2022 Outlook

The Green Team Speaks to Sun Mingchun

Strengthening International Cooperation to Promote Green Finance and ESG Development in China at the 2021 International Green Finance Conference

The Paulson Institute, Beijing Institute of Finance and Sustainability (IFS), and other related organizations co-organized the three-day 2021 International Green Finance Conference starting on December 3 in Beijing. The event focused broadly on sustainable finance...

The Business of Climate: Acceleration and Scale

The private sector has increasingly seen many of its largest players announce corporate-specific net zero or carbon reduction targets. Green bonds have seen significant levels of issuance through the first three quarters of 2021—to the...

The Green Team Speaks to Carlos Manuel Rodriguez

Financial Leaders Discuss Financing for the Biodiversity Gap

The world is losing species at 1,000 times the natural rate. Figures like this are daunting and speak to the paramount importance of the biodiversity challenge. In this context, the Paulson Institute and the China...

Deborah Lehr’s Remarks on Biodiversity for AIIB’s Annual Meeting

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank's (AIIB) annual meeting brings together the Bank's senior leadership with shareholders (country governments) and other stakeholders (business, NGOs, etc.). This year's meeting marked the first time AIIB included a dedicated...

China Green Finance Committee Holds Annual Conference

On September 25, 2021, the Green Finance Committee of the China Society for Finance and Banking (China Green Finance Committee) held its seventh annual conference. About 200 experts and guests from more than 70 Chinese...

GIP Holds Third Plenary Meeting in Beijing

The third plenary meeting of the Green Investment Principles for the Belt and Road (GIP) was recently held in Beijing. More than 170 representatives from more than 50 global financial institutions and organizations participated in...