Por Zara C. Albright A capacidade anual global de geração de energia precisará ser 90 por cento renovável entre 2022-2030 para limitar o aquecimento global a 1,5 graus Celsius. Aumentos significativos na produção de materiais de transição, especialmente lítio e cobre, são necessários para apoiar esse crescimento e provavelmente levarão a um boom de commodities […]
Por Zara C. Albright La nueva capacidad de generación de energía anual global tendrá que ser un 90 por ciento renovable entre 2022 y 2030 a fin de limitar el calentamiento global a 1,5 °C. Se precisan aumentos significativos en la producción de materiales de transición, especialmente litio y cobre, para apoyar este crecimiento, lo […]
Avoiding catastrophic climate change requires the dramatic acceleration of renewable energy deployment. This expansion is already occurring, with China playing the largest role in the expansion of solar and wind energy supply chains. Several of these supply chains begin in Latin America, which leads the world in deposits of lithium, copper and other critical transition […]
By Lucas Engel and Oyintarelado Moses Ten years have passed since Chinese leader Xi Jinping introduced plans for the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a global infrastructure platform to increase connectivity, economic integration, growth and cooperation across the globe. To mark this anniversary, researchers at Boston University Global Development Policy Center (GDP Center) have synthesized […]
To mark the tenth anniversary of China’s historic Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) will be held in Beijing in mid-October, with several international leaders scheduled to attend. The BRI is an ambitious global infrastructure platform to expand connectivity, economic integration, growth and cooperation across the […]
By Zara C. Albright On Wednesday, May 24, 2023, the Boston University Global Development Policy (GDP) Center hosted a webinar discussion with Margaret Myers of the Inter-American Dialogue, Rebecca Ray of the GDP Center and Ignacio Tornero, Founder and CEO of East Consulting and an Adjunct Instructor with Pontífica Universidad Católica de Chile, to discuss […]
By Christina Duran In a March 2023 synthetic report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) emphasized that Central and South America face adverse impacts from increased climate damage “without rapid, deep and sustained mitigation and accelerated adaptation action,” which will disproportionately affect the most vulnerable populations. The need for greater climate change mitigation is […]
By Zara C. Albright Amid a challenging global and regional context of rising interest rates, lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and increasing impacts of climate change, a new report by the Boston University Global Development Policy Center summarizes and synthesizes the latest trends in the economic relationship between China and Latin America and the […]
The China Development Bank (CDB) and the Export-Import Bank of China (CHEXIM), China’s two most active development finance institutions (DFIs), have historically accounted for the bulk of China’s overall lending to the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region, though lending has declined significantly in recent years. Between 2015-2020, the LAC region saw a precipitous […]
By Christina Duran From post-pandemic industrialization to COVID-19 and southern African sovereign debt, researchers from around the world explored a variety of topics as part of the Fall 2022 Global China Initiative Research Colloquium over the past four months. The webinar series kicked off in September 2022, with a discussion led by Dr. Justin Yifu […]