How China Became a Green Finance Superpower
Dr. Ma Jun, former chief economist of the People’s Bank of China, joins Michael on Cleaning Up.
Welcome to Season 12 of Cleaning Up, and what promises to be another brilliant series of conversations with global climate leaders.
Today we are delighted to host Dr. Ma Jun, Founder and President of the Institute of Finance and Sustainability in Beijing. If you want a sense of the trajectory of climate action, you have to understand China, and you have to understand finance. There is no one better to share insights on both.
Between 2014 and 2020, Dr. Ma served as Chief Economist and then Member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the People’s Bank of China. Over the subsequent years, he played a key role in the development of sustainable finance in China and around the world. He led the drafting of China’s green finance and green bond guidelines; he led work on green finance at the G20; he pushed for the greening of China’s Belt and Road initiative; he set up initiatives with the global accounting and standards bodies; and he helped enlist the world’s major financial centres in the drive to green the capital markets.
Dr. Ma is a towering figure in the area of green finance in China and in the world, and provides an invaluable perspective on one of the most significant players in the clean energy transition.
To listen to the interview with Dr. Ma Jun, search for Cleaning Up on your podcast platform of choice, or watch the conversation on YouTube here.
Links and related episodes:
Dr. Ma’s 2017 book — The Economics of Air Pollution in China: Achieving Better and Cleaner Growth
Dr. Ma and Simon Zadek — Decarbonizing the Belt and Road
Episodes 14 with Jonathan Maxwell — Cheaper, Cleaner, More Reliable
Episodes 113 with Jonathan Maxwell — Checkpoint 2023: Energy Efficiency Investment
Episode 153 with Lauri Myllivyrta – Shedding Light on Energy's Dirty Secrets
Episode 84 with Mark Carney - The 130 Trillion-Dollar Man
Episode 145 with Professor Avinash Persaud – The Bridgetown Initiator
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