Since its inception, China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has led to more than 200 cooperation documents with 140 countries and 31 international organizations. Behind the scenes, Chinese policy-makers have been developing an environmental management framework to govern their outbound investment and finance to “green” the BRI and help countries achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
The report provides recommendations and toolkits for Chinese policy-makers, development finance institutions and investors to continue strengthening their environmental governance and vision of a green BRI. It details the green silk road and high-quality development of BRI cooperation, the environmental management system for China’s overseas investments and the experiences of environmental management in international direct foreign investment and official development assistance.