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April 12, 2019

Deborah Lehr: “Green investing: Good deal and good deed”

China’s example of green investing offers insights into ways forward for Egypt BY Deborah Lehr, Vice Chairman and Executive Director Investing in green turns out to be a good deal as well as a good...

April 4, 2019

China Releases Green Industry Guidance Catalogue: Opportunities for US Business?

China released its new Green Industries Guidance Catalogue to help promote green development through clarifying the definition of “green industry” as well as harmonizing differing standards for sustainability. This new catalogue, essentially a mini-industrial plan,...

Green Finance and the Two Sessions

China’s Two Sessions convenes annually in March. The reorganization of the government that resulted in the establishment of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment was the most consequential announcement with regard to green finance last...

China to Establish Carbon Futures Exchange

For all intents and purposes, China’s national carbon market is still in development—though it has been officially announced. In terms of the futures trading for the market, it has been confirmed to be established in...

China’s Green Finance Pilot Zones: Ready for Takeoff

The success of China’s special economic free trade zones in its opening up campaign is a tried and true recipe. Therefore, it is no surprise that China has established green finance pilot zones in the...

February 23, 2019

Deborah Lehr: “How the US-China Tech Wars Will Impact the Developing World”

If an “economic iron curtain” falls, it will be in areas like the Middle East and Africa. BY Deborah Lehr, Vice Chairman and Executive Director In a recent speech, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson...

February 20, 2019

Deborah Lehr: “China’s green finance model shows how saving the planet can also be a savvy investment”

With the world’s largest carbon trading exchange, huge green bond market and plethora of green private equity funds, China has shown that well-crafted regulatory, policy and financial frameworks can spur private interest in green finance...

January 30, 2019

U.S.-China Green Fund Turns Two

As the war on pollution in China remains a priority, a cooperative effort by the United States and China is helping to provide solutions in this fight. The U.S.-China Green Fund is a commercial private...

The Plan for Markets to Finance Chinese Sustainability

At China’s annual economic work conference last month, President Xi reiterated China’s commitment to being a world leader in green finance. Finding ways to use market mechanisms to help pay for the country’s ambitious program...

December 3, 2018

IFF 15th Annual Conference: New Globalization – A Path to the Future

The 15thAnnual Conference of the International Finance Forum (IFF) was held in Guangzhou on November 23-25, 2018 with the theme “New Globalization – A Path to the Future.”  The in-depth discussion focused on the direction...