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A Chinese backed solar plant in Cafayate, northern Argentina. Such projects would be given the green light by regulators under new proposals for Chinese overseas investment Credit: Alamy/ChineseDialogue BEIJING, Jan 15 2021 (IPS) - A government-backed coalition of international advisors to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has recommended that China apply more stringent environmental controls over its overseas investments. If adopted, this would be a major departure from China’s usual appro...

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Modern Diplomacy A government-backed coalition of international advisors to the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has recommended that China apply more stringent environmental controls over its outbound investments. If adopted, this would be a major departure from China’s usual approach of deferring to host country rules, many of them inadequate, for regulating its overseas investments.  High-level advisors, including former UNEP chief Erik Solheim and green finance heavyweight Ma Jun, propose ...

The transition from EP3 to EP4 has the potential to significantly impact new projects and expansions of existing projects financed by EPFIs in the United States and other high-income...

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Johannesburg – Stanbic Bank Zimbabwe’s parent company, Standard Bank Group, has published its Fossil Fuels Financing Policy as part of its efforts to improve its management of environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks, and contribute to the sustainable development of Africa. This follows the adoption in 2019 of policies on lending to Coal-fired power projects and Coal-mining operations specifically. The Fossil Fuels Financing Policy sets out a range of strict conditions that must be ...

Penelope Mashego Share The use of coal to produce electricity has been a contentious issue as concerns about climate change rise. Standard Bank says it will continue to fund thermal coal and coal-fired power generation operations under strict conditions since they play an important role in the generation of electricity in the region.   “Energy generation in South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa in particular, is still more than 80% d...