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The UK is putting environmental issues at the heart of global finance with £10 million in backing to create a new Oxford-led research centre which will advise lenders, investors and insurers, enabling them to make better decisions to support a greener global economy.

With funding from the National Environment Research Council (NERC) and Innovate UK, both part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the new UK Centre for Greening Finance & Investment (CGFI) will be led by Dr Ben Caldecott, the founder of Oxford’s Sustainable Finance Programme at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford.

Launching April 2021
https://www.smithschool.ox.ac.uk/news/articles/210215-UK-launches-new-research-centre-greening-finance-and-investement.html
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As China actively pursues ecological and sustainable development, green finance serves a core function in the country’s financial ecosystem. In August 2016 the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) and seven Chinese ministries issued a guidance on building a green financial system. China’s green finance landscape has grown rapidly since then. This year, green finance development has been put forth as one of the key priorities for China’s 14th Five-Year Plan over the period of 2021–25, along with China’s recent commitment to achieving carbon neutrality by 2060, which has set a clear direction for its economy. The webinar will discuss the progress of green finance that have been made in China and shed light on the implications of China’s green finance future agenda.

Speakers:

Mr Wenjian Fang was appointed General Manager of Bank of China Limited London Branch and Chief Executive Officer of Bank of China (UK) Limited in November 2018. He served as the Deputy General Manager and the Chief Risk Officer of Bank of China USA from 2015 to 2018. He was the General Manager of Bank of China Limited London Branch & the Chief Executive Officer of Bank of China (UK) Limited from 2011 to 2015. Mr. Fang joined Bank of China Head Office in 1996. Educated at Beijing Foreign Studies University in China to postgraduate level, Mr. Fang also received his MBA with Distinction from University of Hertfordshire, UK in 1996. He has been a CFA Charter Holder since 2008.

Dr Gerard Lyons is Chief Economic Strategist at Netwealth, an independent non-executive director at the Bank of China, and a Senior Fellow at the think tank Policy Exchange. Lyons also sits, since 2008, on the Advisory Board of the Grantham Institute – Climate Change and Environment; and has been a member of the Advisory Board of Warwick Business School since 2014.

Dr Lu Li joined Bank of China’s London Research Centre in 2018 and has been a China Economist since then, mainly covering China’s macro economy, banking sector, and green finance. She holds a PhD degree on Finance from the Durham University and a Master degree on Banking and Finance from the University of Glasgow.

Green finance has the potential to revolutionise both the world of sustainability and finance. However, it has been stifled by several risks, maturity related problems and framework challenges. So, can green finance become mainstream, or will it fail to live up to its expectations?

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