By Oyintarelado (Tarela) Moses On March 1, 2022, the Boston University Global Development Policy (GDP) Center joined a webinar hosted by the Word Resources Institute (WRI) to launch the China Overseas Finance Inventory (COFI) Database. WRI created the database in collaboration with the GDP Center, the China Africa Research Initiative at the Johns Hopkins University […]
China’s leadership is increasingly aware of the importance of environmental sustainability as a key factor in the success of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), an initiative first raised publicly by Chinese leader Xi Jinping in 2013 for intercontinental development and economic cooperation. The BRI puts transportation and energy infrastructure among its top priority areas, […]
The 2022 update to the China’s Global Energy Finance Database, managed by the Boston University Global Development Policy Center, recorded no new energy development finance commitments in 2021 from China to foreign governments through its two most active policy banks, the China Development Bank (CDB) and the Export-Import Bank of China (CHEXIM). This is the […]
In 2018, overseas energy financing by China’s two global policy banks—the China Development Bank (CDB) and the Export-Import Bank of China (CHEXIM) —was at its lowest level since 2013. These two banks provided just $8.62 billion to foreign countries in financing for energy sector activity overseas in 2018, down 69 percent from the $28.04 billion […]
By Rishikesh Ram Bhandary and Cecilia Han Springer Although Chinese leader Xi Jinping announced last year that China will no longer build new coal-fired power plants overseas, the Boston University Global Development Policy (GDP) Center’s China’s Global Power (CGP) Database shows 60 coal plants around the world that have received Chinese development finance or foreign […]
By Blake Alexander Simmons Rapid development has become a global priority as countries strive to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a multi-trillion-dollar push to increase international investment, finance and trade, offers a potential pathway for countries to reach their national development goals. Indeed, Chinese financing is […]
The next decade will be a critical period for global sustainable development. China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) promises to help countries reach their national goals for economic growth, trade and development, but widespread concerns remain over how this boom in Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI) will impact social-ecological systems. A new journal article co-authored […]
In September 2021, Chinese leader Xi Jinping announced at the 76th United Nations General Assembly that China would increase support for low-carbon energy in developing countries and not build new coal-fired power projects abroad. Since then, much debate has ensued as to the exact policy details of the announcement. In considering the words ‘build’ and […]
The primary purpose of environmental impact assessments (EIA) is to provide insight to decision makers regarding the environmental consequences of their actions. Ideally, they are done to mitigate harm and modify development plans to maintain environmental quality. The use of EIAs is now commonplace in both developed and developing countries, but there are rising concerns over EIA […]
By Arden Caroline Radford As world leaders, researchers and advocates gather in Glasgow, Scotland for the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), much attention will be focused on the global phase-out of coal-fired power. While the additional climate impacts of coal fired power plants (CFPPs) on the global atmosphere are well documented, […]