The Green Finance & Development Center is an independent and non-profit think tank established in 2021. It provides advisory and research, policy engagement and capacity building within a range of areas within green finance, such as policy, credit bonds and insurance, risk management, corporate governance, and carbon trading.
The GFDC works with public and private stakeholders and partners in green finance within China and internationally. Within China, the GFDC and its team have been working with the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the BRI Green Development Coalition BRIGC, The National Development and Reform Commission NDRC, the Ministry of Commerce MOFCOM, as well as with a number of national, regional and local government, financial and research organizations. Internationally, the GFDC and its team have been working with UNDP, the UK government, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development EBRD, the Asian Development Bank ADB, the International Finance Corporation IFC, Boston University, University of London SOAS, South African Institute of International Affairs SAIIA, ClientEarth, WRI and many more.
The GFDC is affiliated with the Fanhai International School of Finance (FISF) at Fudan University in Shanghai, China. The center is headed by Prof. Christoph NEDOPIL WANG.