China and the Global Energy Transition
As the world’s largest investor in clean energy tech, China is flexing its investment muscle in the Global South. Under this project, the China Environment Forum and the Environmental Change and Security Program are exploring the impact of Chinese renewable, EV, and transitional mineral investments in Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Insights & Analysis
China’s Role in Financing the Energy Transition in the Global South
Can China Fuel Indonesia’s Clean Energy Transition?
Charged Up: China Driving Thailand’s EV Industry
Featured Podcast: Mining for Change
Obert Bore, Business & Human Rights Program Lead at the Zimbabwe Environmental Law, joins ECSP's Claire Doyle and CEF's Jennifer Nguyen in this podcast episode to discuss Zimbabwe's critical mineral sector. He provides insights into recent investments and the environmental and social challenges they present. Available in English and 中文。
Listen Here
Read our Blogs in Chinese
中国能否助力印度尼西亚的清洁能源转型？
印度尼西亚的公正能源转型不能千篇一律?
缩小技术鸿沟：中国为何在稀土领域持续占据主导地位
如何实现矿产供应链的多样化——来自日本的经验
China Environment Forum
China’s global footprint isn’t just an economic one, it’s an environmental one. From BRI investments in Africa and Asia to its growing presence in Latin America, understanding China’s motivations, who stands to gain - and who stands to lose - is critical to informing smart US foreign policy. Read more
Environmental Change and Security Program
The Environmental Change and Security Program (ECSP) explores the connections between environmental change, health, and population dynamics and their links to conflict, human insecurity, and foreign policy. Read more