Combating
climate change can yield benefits in accelerating low-carbon economic
transition and improving the resilience of the industry. A growing
consensus for the climate finance community is reached for mobilising public
and private finance for climate mitigation and adaptation. The world has
recognised a significant funding gap in combating climate change and a
knowledge gap in improving the management of climate finance.
Climate Investment and Finance Article Call 2020 supported by global renowned institutes, universities and journals has launched on 2 July, 2020. The organizer committee will launch the collection of video messages to express the best wishes of coorperated units for this event.
Director General, Department of Climate Change at the Ministry of Ecology and Environment; Director, CIFA
In recent years, in collaboration with relevant departments, we have made positive progress in promoting climate investment and finance, which benefit economy and tackling climate change advancing high-quality development. We have also established the Climate Investment and Finance Association (CIFA) to promote theoretical research, academic exchanges, standard formulation and international collaboration in regard to climate investment and finance. This article call has attracted more than 20 well-known universities and more than 10 high impact journals around the world. We will focus on several themes, including improving the climate investment and finance mechanisms, promoting sustainable development of the economy and society and green and low-carbon recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic. The article call aims to provide an excellent opportunity for researchers to present theoretical research and for practitioners to share their best practice in China and abroad.
Director, Research Bureau, the People's Bank of China
Warm congratulations on the launch of the Climate Investment and Finance Article Call 2020. In recent years, the Research Bureau of the People’s Bank of China has further implemented President Xi’s philosophy that lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets. With strong support from the Department of Climate Change of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and through green financial incentive and restraint mechanisms, product and service innovations, experimental reforms and innovation at the grassroots level, and climate and environmental information disclosure as four major focal points, we have greatly advanced research and work related to green finance, contributing to China’s ability to respond to climate change and environmental risks.Due to severe impacts on the global economy arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, climate investment and finance now faces new challenges, making the launch of the Climate Investment and Finance Article Call highly meaningful. We hope relevant authorities and all sectors of society will jointly promote research on financial measures to mitigate climate change, and together bring blue skies, green lands, and clear waters back to our shared home.
Deputy Director, China Clean Development Mechanism Fund Management Center, Ministry of Finance of China; Deputy Director, CIFA
The Climate Investment and Finance Association has organized a global article call on climate investment and finance to bring together ideas from all over the world to propose means for coping with climate change, which is of great significance. This will bring new ideas and new methods to China's response to climate change. On behalf of the China Clean Development Mechanism Fund, I would like to extend my congratulations on the launch of the article call. I hope that all sectors of society will actively participate in and offer suggestions for addressing climate change. The China Clean Development Mechanism Fund is a national policy fund for climate change response approved by the State Council. Since its establishment, the Fund has actively worked to attract and mobilize resources from multiple sectors, and has promoted industry and market-friendly means of reducing emissions through grant programs, making due contributions to climate change mitigation. At this new historical starting point, the Clean Development Mechanism Fund will remain committed to its mission, fully implement President Xi Jinping’s guiding principles on ecological civilization, resolutely implement the major decisions of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and work tirelessly in the battle against pollution and to keep our skies blue, and continue to promote green and low-carbon development. Finally, I extend my congratulations in advance for the success of this article call in every respect.
Director, Banking and Risk MSc Programme; Associate Professor of in Finance, The University of EdinburghAs we know, climate change poses increasing risk to the social, economic and human development of countries. One important lesson we have learnt from the current pandemic is that high impact risks must be acted upon in a timely fashion — and delay is costly. Therefore, it requires an urgent response from all countries to deal with the challenge of climate change. Given that large scale capital is needed for a low-carbon transition, the need for climate finance and investment is more urgent now than before.Our business undertakes cutting-edge research on how capital markets are responding to climate change. As a partner of this event, we hope this call for papers can encourage more academics and industry practitioners to pay attention and conduct research on climate finance and investment, advance our knowledge on the field and ultimately improve the world we live in.
Director, The Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management, University College LondonThe Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management is one of 12 constituent units of the Bartlett, UCL’s Faculty of the Built Environment. We are the top Built Environment faculty in the world and one of the largest centers for interdisciplinary social sciences research in the UK. Over the last 8 years, BCPM has become a center of excellence in Infrastructure Economics, Infrastructure Finance, and Infrastructure Delivery.We always believe in the urgent need to integrate climate-friendly financial models in all aspects of infrastructure development. The world requires fundamental shifts in global climate investment and finance, moving from billions to trillions. Our climate policy needs to be transformed to maximize real and additional climate benefit and to mobilize private-sector financing. It’s important to generate new ideas for this interdisciplinary subject. Your submission of novel papers can really make a difference. As this is shaping up to be China’s century, we need you to take the lead.Academic Associate Dean, School of Management and Economics, Beijing Institute of Technology; Deputy Director, Center for Energy & Environmental Policy Research
Support and coordination by the financial system are necessary for climate change mitigation and adaptation, as well as the transition towards a low-carbon economy. Therefore, exploring models for the development of climate investment and finance is one of the most important issues.The Center for Energy & Environment Policy Research of Beijing Institute of Technology conducts systematic research on key scientific issues, including energy and carbon markets, climate and environmental change, and the supply, consumption, efficiency and conservation of energy. In particular, we have achieved a certain level of scientific expertise in such fields as carbon trading markets, development of energy market mechanisms, and the development and application of carbon financial products.This article call provides a very good platform for exchanges among young talents. We are looking forward to your active participation, and join us in contributing ideas towards climate investment and finance.Deputy Director, Institute of Sustainable Development Strategy, Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Standing Committee Memeber, CIFAClimate change is one of the most severe challenges facing the sustainable development of human society. Dealing with climate change will require a large amount of capital. Climate investment and finance is not only an effective way to address funding issues in the Paris Agreement, but also an important way whereby gaps in China’s response to climate change can be addressed.The Institutes of Science and Development at the Chinese Academy of Sciences is one of China’s foremost think tanks, directly serving the central government and its various ministries and commissions. The Institutes participate in the formulation, consultation and evaluation of national policies on climate investment and finance. Our team focuses on research pertaining to masterplans for climate investment and finance mechanisms, policy standards, analyses of capital demand, carbon finance, carbon pricing, and strategies for international cooperation on climate investment and finance. This article call presents a very good opportunity, and we hope that every scholar will actively participate. We also hope that more young scholars will share their thoughts and ideas on climate investment and finance.