Author: Yici Wang
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Clean energy tech is struggling. Can catalytic capital save the day?
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As climate change proliferates, companies are looking to decarbonize, fueling investments in clean technologies. Venture capital investors (VCs) poured over $12 billion into clean energy start-ups in 2022, a six-fold growth from 2019 when the broader VC funding fell 53% year-over-year. But VCs focus only on a small subset of…
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A Greener Belt and Road Initiative? China’s Commitment to Sustainability
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In March 2022, China released a set of opinions to push green infrastructure development in its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), a trillion-dollar strategy to fund infrastructure projects across 100 countries. Under its “Opinions on Jointly Promoting Green Development of the Belt and Road,” China pledged to develop green capabilities…