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Fostering carbon-free sources of energy in the world: China, the EU and the US at the forefront
On this occasion of the 20th anniversary of the IFF’s founding, we sincerely hope that through our joint efforts, we will continue building the IFF into an international financial “F20”, an international platform of public diplomacy and a globally oriented think tank “based in China’s Greater Bay Area in collaboration with Hong Kong and Macao.”
The world is experiencing severe, once-in-a-century upheaval caused by the COVID pandemic and various ongoing geopolitical conflicts. Turbulence is making its presence felt from global geopolitics and the economy to technology, society, energy and food security, and climate change and natural disasters.
With the theme of “Sustainable Development in the Face of Global Challenges: Competition, Change, and Cooperation”, the meeting included more than 20 formal sessions, including the opening ceremony, IFF forum, policy dialogue, roundtable, and themed summit.
The IFF 2020 Annual Meeting (F20 Summit) was held from November 20th to 22nd in Guangzhou’s Nansha District with the theme "Comprehensive and Sustainable Development – Wide Consultation, Cooperation, and Crisis Response". Through in-depth discussion among over
Forum (IFF) was held from November 22nd to 24th in Guangzhou, with the theme of "Global Stability – New Transition, New Development". Through in-depth discussion among over 200 Chinese and international policymakers, political figures, and financial experts, the IFF aims to provide new insights, and
The International Finance Forum (IFF) 15th Annual Meeting (F20 Summit) was held from November 23rd to 25th in Guangzhou with the theme "New Globalization: A Path to the Future". Through in-depth discussion among over 200 Chinese and international policymakers, political figures and financial experts, IFF aims to provide new insights, and
The 14th Annual Meeting of the International Finance Forum (IFF) was held from November 17th to 19th, 2017, with the theme "The Development of Bay Areas Worldwide: New Drive, New Growth, New Order." Over 200 IFF members, global financial leaders, and scholars attended the event, including
The theme of the 13th Annual Meeting of the International Finance Forum (IFF) was “F20 Initiative: Restore the Essence of Finance”. Ban Ki-moon, secretary-general of the United Nations (UN) and Jin Liqun, president of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
The theme of the 12th Annual Meeting of the International Finance Forum (IFF) was "New Drivers of Global Growth". Around 200 IFF members and many respected leaders and scholars from the financial sectors of over 20 countries and regions gathered together in Beijing
The 2014 Annual Meeting of the International Finance Forum (IFF) concluded in November. The meeting was attended by Ban Ki-moon, UN secretary-general; Jean-Claude Trichet, IFF co-chairman & former president of the European Central Bank; Kevin Rudd, former prime minister of Australia;
The 10th Annual Meeting (10th Anniversary Meeting) of the International Finance Forum (IFF) was attended by Ban Ki-moon, UN secretary-general; Han Seung-soo, IFF co-chairman, former prime minister of the Republic of Korea, and president of the 56th session of the UN General
The 9th Annual Meeting of the International Finance Forum (IFF) welcomed more than 100 political and financial leaders from the United Nations, the World Bank and the IMF, along with prominent figures from academia and civil society. International politicians such as former Prime
At the 8th Annual Meeting of the International Finance Forum (IFF), the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and IFF Co-chairman Paul Volcker delivered opening remarks and over 100 financial heads made speeches, including Christine Lagarde, man
At 7th Annual Meeting of the International Finance Forum (IFF), which was attended by over 100 IFF members and guests, the Forum’s newly assigned co-chair Paul Volcker delivered a keynote speech as preparation to establish the IFF Institute began
The International Finance Forum (IFF) 6th Annual Meeting invited over 100 financial and political heads to deliver speeches, including Han Seung-soo, former prime minister of the Republic of Korea, Shaukat Aziz, former prime minister of Pakistan and Domin
Held amidst the US financial crisis and to mark the 30th anniversary of the start of China's reform and opening up, the International Finance Forum (IFF) 5th Annual Meeting drew a great deal of attention as it welcomed 200 global financial leaders. During the meeting, IFF announced the publication of its own journal
At the 4th Annual Meeting of the International Finance Forum (IFF), Tony Blair, the former prime minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, gave a keynote speech to an audience of over 100 leaders from the global financial and economic realm. The IFF Strategy
At its 3rd annual meeting, the International Finance Forum (IFF) released its annual report - "The New Landscape for China's Financial Opening up", which was well received and highly praised both in China and abroad
The International Finance Forum (IFF) 2nd Annual Meeting was attended by China's state leaders as well as heads of various international financial organizations. The IFF Declaration was released, and the establishment of the Board of Governors and permanent bodies was announced
The 1st Annual Meeting of the International Finance Forum (IFF) received widespread global attention. Over 600 participants attended the meeting, along with 78 member representatives from China and abroad as well as international organizations including the United Nations
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the framework of international cooperation established at Bretton Woods in 1944. Given the challenges facing the world today — especially concerning cross-border issues—cooperation has never been more needed. Yet support for multilateralism appears to be more at risk than at any time since Bretton Woods
Against the backdrop of all the global challenges facing the world today, what will multilateralism and globalization in an era of strategic competition look like? Is it sustainable? What should we do about it? How do digitalization and green investment
Panelists urged governments and the private sector to join forces to address climate crisis in a consistent manner in a high-level session co-organized by the International Finance Forum (IFF) on Monday
The International Finance Forum (IFF) 2022 Spring Meetings were held in the form of virtual closed-door panel discussions in Beijing on April 27-28, with the theme of “New Global Landscape: Challenges and Responses”. Over 50 political and financial
On May 29th-30th, 2021, the International Finance Forum (IFF) held its 2021 spring meeting with the theme of Global Governance and Development in the Post-Pandemic Era. The meeting aimed to provide a platform for in-depth discussions on international cooperation and
Date: Monday, 29th July, 2024
Time: 08:00-09:00 (EDT); 14:00-15:00(CEST); 20:00-21:00 (CST)
Format: Zoom Webinar
Date and Time: 14:00 p.m.-17:00 p.m., July 11, 2024
Venue: 15th Floor, Zhongdu Science and Technology Building, Beijing, China
Moderator: Siddharth Tiwari, IFF Vice President & Former Chief Representative for Asia and the Pacific, BIS
Panel Speakers: Joaquim Levy, Former Finance Minister of Brazil & Former Managing Director & CFO of the World Bank Group
Moderator:
LIN Jianhai, IFF Executive Vice President, Former Secretary of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Panel Speakers:
Steven Alan Barnett, IMF Senior Resident Representative in China
WANG Tao, Managing Director, Chief China Economist, Head of Asia Economic Research, UBS Investment Bank
Dan Wang, Chief Economist Hang Seng Bank (China)
Moderator:
Gerry Rice, Former Director of the Communications Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank
Speaker:
Ayhan Kose, Deputy Chief Economist and Director of Prospects Group, World Bank Group
This 90-minute conference in Marrakesh, Morocco is co-organized by the International Finance Forum (IFF), the Bretton Woods Committee (BWC), and the Center for Global Development (CGD), to be hosted by the IMF.
(September 9, 2022 Beijing) - Innovation and globalization will continue to drive Asian growth in the coming years despite challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic and current recession, panelists said on Thursday at the 24th Academic Seminar of the International Finance Forum (IFF).
The 23rd IFF Academic Conference themed on “the Improvement and Optimization of the Standards System of the Green Finance” was held in Beijing on July 15, 2022. Deputy Director of the International Department of the National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors Ren Qing delivered the keynote speech on Issues of Sustainable Finance in Cross-border financing and Finance opening-up”. Experts from PWC, Bank of China and China Central Depository & Clearing Co. Ltd also delivered speeches and participated in the related discussions.
Wang Jinnan, an academician at the Chinese Academy of Engineering and head of the Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning, delivered a keynote speech at the 22nd IFF Academic Conference held on June 19, 2022, in Beijing. Wang said carbon neutrality is an extensive and profound economic and social systemic change, a redistribution and rearrangement of competitiveness and productivity in the world. He analyzed the challenges that need to be addressed in the process from the perspective of path selection and policies for achieving the dual carbon goal.
Themed on SDR and the Reform of the International Monetary System, the 21st IFF Academic Conference was co-organized by IFF and the International Monetary Institute (IMI) on May 31, 2022. Lin Jianhai, IFF Vice-president and former secretary of the IMF and the IMF's International Monetary and Financial Committee and Zhang Liqing, former Dean of School of Finance at Central University of Finance and Economics (CUFE), delivered keynote speeches at the conference on SDR and the Internationalization of the RMB.
Themed on Trend and Challenges in Education for Carbon Neutrality, the 20th IFF Academic Conference was held in Beijing on May 29. Experts including Liu Yanhua, , former deputy minister of the Ministry of Science and Technology and State Council counselor, Zhu Yongxin, deputy secretary-general of the 13th National Committee of the CPPCC and vice president of Chinese Society of Education (CSE), Pan Jiahua, member of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Zhao Zhongxiu, an academician at the European Academy of Sciences and Arts and President Shandong University of Finance and Economics and Wang Yuanfeng, member of the IFF Academic Committee participated in the conference.
Former Deputy Commissioner of the State Taxation Administration Xu Shanda delivered a keynote speech at the 19th IFF Academic Conference on Tax Reform and Achieving Common Prosperity on February 26, 2022， in Beijing. Wang Yuanfeng, a member of the IFF Academic Committee, pointed out in his welcome speech that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic increased uncertainties in the world economy. Achieving common prosperity in China is important but challenging, he said.
He Keng, former deputy director of the Finance and Economic Committee of the National People's Congress and former deputy director of the National Bureau of Statistics, introduced the messages of the Central Economic Work Conference and delivered the keynote speech and outlook for 2022 at the 18th IFF Academic Conference held on December 28, 2021. Participants and guests held discussions on topics including growth points of 2022, key areas of financial risks, technology innovation and creativity and tax reform.
August 25 marked the first National Low Carbon Day after China announced its Carbon Peak and Neutrality Goals. To echo the theme of the National Low Carbon Day, the IFF invited experts, policymakers, academicians and representatives from all over the world and domestic institutions to the I7th IFF Academic conference in December for discussions on green cities, energy saving and carbon emissions on August 25, 2021.
The IFF held its 16th Academic Conference in Beijing on May 23, 2021. It was a closed-door meeting. Former Deputy Minister of Environment Zhou Jian delivered a keynote speech at the conference. Zhou introduced the evolution of the concept of carbon neutrality and the development of China’s dual carbon goals.
The 15th IFF Academic Conference was held at Beijing Jiaotong University on April 10, 2021. Wang Yiming, vice-chairman of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, member of the CPPCC National Committee and former deputy director of the Development Research Center of the State Council, introduced the highlights of the development plan for the 14th Five-year-plan period (2021-25). His introduction focused on China's internal and external environment, the dual circulation economy model and reforms for high-quality development.
The IFF organized an International Women’s Day special event on leadership building on March 6, 2021. Prof. Fang Xin, a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) Presidium and a renowned scholar of science and technology policy and management in China delivered a keynote speech. Dozens of women scientists, artists, entrepreneurs and investors participated in the event and discussed the importance of women’s leadership building for China's development.
The closed-door conference was held on February 7, 2021, soon after the new US administration took office. Zhou Mingwei, former President of China International Publishing Group delivered the keynote speech on the international situation ahead for the new US administration, and focused on analyzing similarities and differences between the two US administrations and the economic and diplomatic challenges ahead for the world's two biggest economies.
The IFF invited Fu Chengyu, former Chairman of China Petroleum and Chemical Corp and a member of the 12th Standing Committee of the CPPCC National Committee, to deliver a keynote speech at the closed-door 12th IFF Academic Conference on November 29, 2020. Themed “To Win the Future”, Fu emphasized on ways to manage the current situation and forecast the future.
Confronted with profound changes unseen in a century partly as a result of the rapid advances in science and technology that present unique challenges and opportunities for China during the course of its national rejuvenation, what should China do? What are the changes? How should China manage its relationship with the rest of the world ? Yu Hongjun, former ambassador of China to Uzbekistan and a senior expert on international relations, shared his views with the audience at the closed-door conference.
Jointly organized by the China Institute of Private Sectors, the China Capital Market 50 Forum and the International Finance Forum (IFF), the webinar saw participation from dozens of distinguished guests. They included Vice Chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce Li Zhaoqian, Vice President of the federation Zheng Yuewen, Secretary General of the federation Wang Zhongmin, Prof. Hai Wen of the Peking University and other economists, including Guang Qingyou, Qiu Xiaohua and Li Zhenhua, who held discussions on how to improve the business environment for the post-pandemic recovery.
The IFF invited Liu Shijin, deputy director of the Economic Committee of the CPPCC National Committee and former deputy director of the Development Research Center of the State Council，to share his views and analysis of China's economy and policies on economic development discussed in the NPC and CCPCC. Liu talked about the current macroeconomic situation, the structural potential of China's recovery and how to improve the weaknesses in innovative development.
Together with the China Capital Market 50 Forum, the IFF organized the 8th IFF Academic Conference to analyze the economic policies from the 2020 National People's Congress and CPPCC conference. Member of the Standing Committee of CPPCC National Committee and Vice President of the Chinese Tax Institute Zhang Lianqi, Vice President and chief economist of JD Digits Shen Jianguang, Partner of Oriental Fortune Capital Li Shuhua, President of Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CASISD) Prof. Pan Jiaofeng, Chief Researcher of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges Zhang Yansheng and other economists and experts participated the event.
Experts and scholars from the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong and Macao shared their views on "Globalization in the Post-pandemic Era" at the 7th IFF Academic Conference on May 9, 2020. Chief Researcher of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges Zhang Yansheng, Dean of Faculty of Social Sciences University of Macau Richard Weixing Hu, Chief China Economist of CitiBank Liu LIgang, Member of IFF Academic Committee and Chief Economist of BBVA Xia Le participated in the meeting and delivered keynote speeches.
Seven years after President Xi's announcement of the Belt & Road Initiative, the world economy has been facing tough challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Scholars and experts from China, Pakistan, the United Kingdom, Myanmar and the US shared their points of view at the 6th IFF Academic Conference on April 30, 2020. Zafar Uddin Mahmood, secretary general of the SRIA and former Special Envoy for China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) hosted the conference and delivered a welcome speech.
This conference had two sessions. The first part was to release the IFF 2020 China Report. The second part was a conference on the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on the world economy, especially the impact on European, Asian, African and Latin American economies.
Economists from China and abroad participated in the 4th IFF Academic Conference on April 8, 2020, to discuss the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on the world economy and the turmoil it caused around the world. Senior economists from JPMorgan, BBVA, the World Bank and Wuhan University participated in the meeting and shared their views on the impact of the pandemic on China and the world economy.
Vice Chairman of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges and former Vice Minister of Commerce Wei Jianguo delivered a keynote speech entitled “Chinese economy will be a stable power for the world recovery after the pandemic” at the 3rd IFF Academic Conference on March 18, 2020. Dozens of senior experts, researchers, economists and investors participated in the conference and held discussions with minister Wei, including strategies and policies to deal with the economic impact of the pandemic. The Innovative Green Culture Seminar was the co-organizer of the conference.
Together with the Innovative Green Culture Seminar the IFF organized a conference to discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and a possible world economic crisis on March 8, 2020. Many experts agreed that the pandemic would have tremendous health, social and economic consequences. The challenges it will cause would affect all people, they said.
Today's discussion serves two main purposes. First, this is the best opportunity for our forum to discuss the pressing issues we all share. As we have heard before about "One Belt And One Road", decoupling of financial services, the difference between debt, capital markets and bank financing...
Antony Leung, IFF Vice-chairman, Former Financial Secretary of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region In China, I think the economy will surely slow down in the shadow of the trade war in the short term, but we can still afford it because our economic starting point ...
In recent years, with the increasing intensification of international trade friction and financial competition, new financial risks have emerged and brought great uncertainties to global economic growth and globalization. The International Finance Forum (IFF) will host the IFF 2018 Bali Meeting ...
China and California have a longstanding, successful partnership on climate and clean energy. The China Pavilion at the 2018 Global Climate Action Summit will bring together Chinese provinces, cities, businesses, and civil society to share their climate progress and to advance international cooperation.
As Xi Jinping Thought is enshrined in the constitution, Justin Lin, IFF member and former chief economist at the World Bank, calls for far-reaching innovation in all sectors of industry ...
The IFF successfully held the “Dialogue with Paul Volcker” seminar on 27th May 2012 in Shanghai. Mr. Paul Volcker gave a keynote speech on the topic of “Financial Reform and Economic Recovery”.
The annual conference of new capital leaders based on the IFF Global New Capital Leader initiative is to look for the latest and future leaders of new capital all over the world. Every year 50-100 world’s leaders are elected for the purpose ofpromot ...
Herman Van Rompuy, IFF co‑chairman, former chairman of the European Council and former prime minister of Belgium, sees the European Union and China as partners in the fight against climate change, economic competitors and systemic rivals, with dialogue remaining an effective approach to dissolving distrust and developing relationships
The 15th Annual Global Conference of the International Finance Forum (IFF) was held in Guangzhou from November 24th to 25th. The theme of this year's annual meeting is "New Globalization - The Road to the Future - A Ne
The 9th Leadership Dialogue of the International Finance Forum (IFF) was held in Guangzhou on November 17, 2017. As part of the IFF2017 Global Annual Conference, this session was hosted by the International Financial Forum (IFF) member, for
The International Finance Forum (IFF) 8th Leadership Dialogue was successfully held on August 31st, 2016 in Shanghai. As part of the annual conference, the theme of the dialogue is “Green Finance: Comprehensive and Sustainable
The International Finance Forum (IFF) 7th Leadership Dialogue was held on April 22, 2015 in Shanghai with the theme of “Belt and Road Initiative —Visions and Actions”. The Dialogue held in-depth discussions on the topics of “Economi
On November 12, 2014, the International Finance Forum (IFF) 6th Leadership Dialogue was held in Beijing. As co-founder of IFF, vice chairman of IFF Advisory Committee and Chairman Emeritus of CME Group, Mr. Leo Melamed made keynote speech,
The 5th Leadership Dialogue in 2014 of International Finance Forum (IFF) was held in Beijing on October 31, Mr. Jamie Caruana, Member of IFF Advisory Committee and General Manager of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), was invited
The 4th IFF Leadership Dialogue has been successfully held on August 23rd, 2014 in Beijing. Kevin Rudd, IFF Co-chairman and Former Prime Minister of Australia and Dai Xianglong, President of IFF and Former President of People's B
The 3rd International Finance Forum (IFF) Leadership Dialogue took place in Beijing on June 24th with Mr. Jean-Claude Trichet, IFF Co-chairman and Former President of the European Central Bank, as the keynote speaker. Other distin
The second IFF Leadership Dialogue has been successfully held in Beijing on March 25th with the theme, "Seeing Through the Smog—A vision for the future of China." At the event, Cheng Siwei, Chairman of IFF; Jin Liqun, Executive Vice Presi
The 1st International Finance Forum (IFF) Leadership Dialogue: The Volcker Rule was held on February 22nd, 2014 in Beijing. Paul Volcker, IFF Honorary Chairman and former Chairman of U.S. Federal Reserve Board gave the keynote sp
Experts discussed cross-border funds management and tax policies at the 5th IFF Greater Bay Area Seminar in the Nansha district of Guangzhou on October 20, 2022. Two partners of PwC in China, Xiong Xiaonian and Wang Juan, gave keynote speeches on tax systems and funds management in the Greater Bay Area during the meeting. Deng Xiaoyun, deputy secretary of the Guangdong Financial Supervisory Authority, said that the Guangzhou government is to work with authorities in Hong Kong and Macau to cultivate cross-border funds management entities. Lin Shaoli, the chief economist of the Management Committee of the Nanshan Development Zone, talked about the measures the local government is taking to promote cross-border funds management.
The 4th Greater Bay Area Seminar of the International Finance Forum (IFF) discussed the economic challenges and opportunities the Area faces. Shen Minggao, chief economist at GF Securities, said in his keynote speech that maintaining the proportion of manufacturing as a percentage of the Greater Bay Area’s total GDP presented the biggest opportunity and challenge for the Area. The region’s manufacturing advantage lies in downstream production, but the key to maintaining its competitiveness will be to switch to midstream production.
On June 24, 2022, the International Finance Forum (IFF) 3rd Greater Bay Area Report was successfully held in Nansha District, Guangzhou. Nie Qingping, Member of the IFF Academic Committee and former Chairman of China Securities Finance Corporation Limited; Song Min, Dean of the IFF Institute, Member of the IFF Academic Committee and Dean of Wuhan University School of Economics and Management; Li Zhengqiang, Member of the IFF Academic Committee, Researcher of University of International Business and Economics and former Chairman of Dalian Commodity Exchange; Li Tong, Board Member of IFF, CEO and Executive President of BOC International; Yu Liming, Member of the IFF Executive Committee, Executive Director and Executive Deputy General Manager of CNIC, participated the seminar.
On May 13, 2022, the International Finance Forum (IFF) 2nd Greater Bay Area Report and the 7th anniversary of the listing of Guangzhou Nansha Free Trade Zone was successfully held in Nansha District, Guangzhou. Nie Qingping, member of the IFF Academic Committee and former Chairman of the China Securities Finance Corporation, was invited to deliver a keynote speech on the topic of fostering a dynamic and resilient Chinese capital market. Qiu Yitong, Director of the Guangzhou Financial Supervisory Authority, and Lin Shaoli, Chief Economist of the Guangzhou Nansha Free Trade Zone, also attended the seminar and gave speeches.
The first IFF Greater Bay Area Seminar was held in Nansha District, Guangzhou on February27, 2022. Chen Yong, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and Chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Association for Science and Technology, delivered a keynote speech on Environment Protection and Energy Transition for Achieving the Dual Carbon Goals. Xu Xiubin, Deputy Director of Guangzhou Financial Supervisory Authority, and Lin Shaoli, Chief Economist of the Guangzhou Nansha Free Trade Zone, attended and addressed at the seminar.
A budding partnership In the face of a broad slowdown of the global economy, the countries comprising the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China continue
In Latin America, the New Development Bank (NDB), founded by the Brics nations Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa currently funds and manages projects in Brazil. However, the NDB has ambitious plans to conduct projects in other
Ri Chol Sok, General Director of Economic Development Bureau of Ministry of External Economic Affairs, Chairman of Korean Economic Development Association, Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK) The cooperation between
Distinguished guests, everyone. In this cooperation dialogue, we invited guests from China and the Republic of Korea to discuss the prospects and future of trade and investment and financial cooperation with us. We can see that since the China-Korea F
Host Christopher Jeffery, Chief Editor of Central Banking Keynote report Edmond Alphandry，Vice-chairman of IFF，Chairman of Euro 50 Group，Former Minister of Economy of France Dialogue guest Wang Yuan，Executive Member of IFF Academic Committee，
The 5th SRIA Summit was held in Beijing during the 2021 Spring Meetings of the IFF on May 30th. Edmund Ho Hau-wah, Vice Chairman of CPPCC National Committee, delivered a welcome speech. The IFF announced the release of IFF China Report 2021, sharing insights on world governance and global cooperation opportunities in the context of COVID-19 and beyond.
The 4th SRIA Summit was held in Guangzhou on November 22, with the theme of “Green Development of the Belt and Road Initiative in the Post-pandemic Era". IFF and SRIA members attended the summit including IFF Co-chairman, former Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea Han Seung-soo, IFF board member, former President of the Philippines Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, IFF board member, former Prime minister of New Zealand Jenny Shipley, etc.
The 3rd SRIA Summit was held in Guangzhou on November 24, themed on the Belt and Road Initiate. IFF and SRIA members attended the summit including IFF Co-chairman, Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Shaukat Aziz, IFF Board Member, former Prime Minister of New Zealand Jenny Shipley, IFF Vice-chairman, Vice-president of New Development Bank ZHU Xian, IFF Board Member, Former President of the WAIPA Alessandro Golombiewski Teixeira.
The 2nd SRIA Summit was held in Guangzhou on 25th November 2018. IFF Vice-chairman, former prime minister of Italy, officials and diplomats from Switzerland, Pakistan, Nigeria, Nepal, Indonesia, Portugal, Kyrgyzstan, and other countries in the Belt and Road region shared their views on their respective participation in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).
The SRIA 1st Summit was held on June 16-17th, 2017 in Hangzhou. IFF Co-chairman, Former Prime Minister of Republic of Korea Han Seung-soo, Secretary of Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, Acting Governor of Zhejiang Province YUAN Jiajun, Chairperson of IFF Comprehensive Sustainable Development Committee, former Prime Minister of New Zealand Jenny Shipley, Deputy Director of Financial and Economic Committee of NPC GU Shengzu, Vice Chairman of Shanghai CPPCC ZHOU Hanmin, Former Vice Chairman of CIRC ZHOU Yanli attended the summit.
With the supports and participation of the United Nations, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and more than 20 political and financial leaders, the Silk Road International Association (SRIA) was officially launched on September 2, 2016 at the International Financial Forum (IFF) Annual Conference, at which the "SRIA Initiative" was released.
According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), the global mean temperature from February 2023 to January 2024 has been the highest ever: 1.52°C above the 1850-1900 period. The 1.5°C threshold agreed on at the Paris COP21 is probably already reached while GHG emissions keep growing every year.
This meeting co-organized by the Task Force on Carbon Pricing in Europe and the International Finance Forum, is a follow-up of the side event which took place in Sharm El-Sheikh in the premises of the International Chamber of Commerce. We will monitor the progress realised since last year by the oil and gas sector. We will see if some of them, who have already made most of the necessary investments to phase out methane emissions could not lead the way to the other oil and gas companies.
The Glasgow COP26 has called for decisive and swift action to fight climate change. It is now due time to put in place global devices for reversing the trend of carbon emissions. Phasing out carbon emissions needs to put in place the right incentives for enterprises to implement carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) technologies. This event looks at the technical issues to overcome for a large use of CCUS.
Continue the COP26 agenda for the global carbon pricing mechanism and promote its further development. Discuss how the steel, energy, and other industries in Europe, where the carbon market started earlier, adapts to the carbon market, as well as the implications for enterprises and policymakers in China, US and other countries.
This conference was a round-table at the COP 26 Glasgow summit jointly organized by the IFF, Task Force Carbon Pricing in Europe and the Paulson Institute. It is clear that the more we succeed in decarbonisation, the less damage and loss we suffer. All economies and international institutions, more and more policymakers, firms and people around the world get convinced that gibing a price to carbon is a major catalyst to succeed the energy transition. IFF Vice President and Secretary General Zhu Xian had an exclusive interview with China Daily at the Glasgow meeting.
More than 40 major policymakers, business leaders, experts and high-ranking officials from across the globe, who shared their expectations for the upcoming 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties in Glasgow, which will start on Oct 31. They called for urgent action on stopping carbon emissions and wide and in-depth discussions on global carbon pricing as an incentive toward net-zero carbon output at COP26 Glasgow summit.
The urgency of the energy crisis, fragility of some renewable energies and the affordability of future energy supply forms the gap between the increasing demand for energy and the urgent goals of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, which is a tough challenge facing by world leaders. Experts call for strong leadership via efficient implementation of the policies and funding low-carbon sectors for emerging markets, facilitating the commercialization and affordability of decarbonisation innovations and technologies and supporting related technology transformations.
This conference brought together high-ranking officials, policymakers and scholars from China, the EU and the US, as well as representatives of the IMF and OECD, who discussed the efficiency of carbon pricing and called for cooperation between the world's three major economic powers and carbon emitters, the US, the EU and China. Participants at the conference agreed that carbon pricing will be a significant tool in the fight against global warming and tackle carbon leakage.
Participants and speakers of this conference discussed the following topics including, Successful practices, institutional designs and mechanisms on carbon pricing and trading throughout the world including China and the EU; Market-oriented mechanism of carbon price formulation; Potential pricing drivers and incentives to promote energy-saving, emission reduction and carbon utilization; and suggestions on fiscal policies to support carbon pricing.
Experts, policymakers and officials from China, the EU and the US discussed the role of carbon markets and carbon pricing mechanisms in emission reduction; current practices and experience in carbon pricing in various countries; pricing mechanisms for shifting consumption of fossil energy toward clean energy and mechanism and path forward to global carbon pricing.
Focusing on economic recovery and climate change in the post-pandemic era the Webinar attracted over 50 high-ranking officials, including four ministers from both China and the EU and researchers from international institutes, such as the International Energy Agency (IEA), the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC), Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), etc.
The 3rd global carbon pricing conference was held in Guangzhou, China, during the IFF 2019 Annual Global Conference. Laurent Fabius, President of the French Constitutional Council, former Prime Minister of France and President of the 21st UN Climate Change Conference (COP21), and Han Seung-soo, former President of the UN General Assembly and former Prime Minister of South Korea, attended and spoke at the conference.
The second China-EU Carbon Pricing Conference was successfully held in New York, during the UN Climate Change Action Summit. The event was supported by the French Embassy in New York, Tsinghua University, the National Center for Strategic Research and International Cooperation on Climate Change, the OECD, the Paulson Foundation and other international institutions. The International Finance Forum (IFF) European Carbon Pricing Working Group co-signed and launched the Sino-European Joint Initiative on Carbon Pricing.
The first China-EU Carbon Pricing Conference was successfully held in Paris, France, with the support of Nomura Bank, EDF, ENGIE and other interested companies. Laurent Fabius, President of the French Constitutional Council, former Prime Minister of France and President of the 21st UN Climate Change Conference (COP21), received the delegation and offered to host a high level event in China to support this joint initiative. Fabius accepted IFF's invitation to join the IFF as a board member and said he would participate as a member of the European delegation.
At present, international trade disputes are intensifying, international financial competition is fierce, the risk of a new global financial crisis is emerging, and the world's economic growth and globalization development are facing serious challenges. The IFF hold the IFF 2018 Bali Conference and released the report The New Globalization: A Path to the Future on 10 on October 2018 in Bali, Indonesia, as part of the agenda of the World Bank/IMF 2018 Annual Meetings.
China and California have a long and successful partnership on climate and clean energy. The China Pavilion at the 2018 Global Climate Action Summit will bring together people from across China's provinces, cities, businesses and community groups to share climate development achievements and promote international cooperation. The China Pavilion's three-day agenda includes a high-level opening ceremony followed by numerous breakout sessions on carbon finance, urban climate action, carbon pricing,energy efficiency, zero-emission vehicles and more.
Report on the meeting held at the French Embassy Cultural Center in New York on Sept 22, 2019 A high-level group of European and Chinese politicians, business leaders, academics and climate experts agreed at a conference on the sidelines of the U.N. Climate Action Summit ...
May 13-14, 2019 Paris, France Wrap-up Edmond Alphandry, IFF Vice-chairman, Chairman of Euro 50 Group and Former Minister of Economy of France, has created a Task Force on Carbon Pricing in Europe whose objective is to encourage European authorities, in the framework ...
The summit aimed to push financial institutions to provide more support in addressing climate change. Discussions centered on how to seek restructuring of climate-based assets, establish a global incentive and constraint mechanism for climate investment, and the opportunities and challenges brought by climate transition under the consensus of global climate governance and "carbon neutral" policies. The Green Finance Working Group (GFWG), co-led by the IFF and Goldman Sachs, also released the GFWG White Paper at this conference.
The IFF launched the IFF Global Finance and Development Report 2021, which reviews the recent development of global green finance, discusses the drivers of the progress, and released the Global Green Finance Development Index and country rankings. In addition, Goldman Sachs and IFF announced the establishment of the joint Green Finance Working Group (GFWG), dedicated to building an international exchange platform for companies to promote the global transition to a low-carbon economy.
This year's summit aimed to discuss and exchange practices and successful experiences in green finance and the construction of regulatory and evaluation indicator systems in the field. UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme Inge Anderson, Vice-President of the ADB Ahmed Said, Vice-President of the AIIB Joachim von Amsberg, Chief Advisor of the IFF Global Green Growth Centre and former Senior Vice-President of the ADB Bindo Rohani, and Chairman of the Japanese Government Central Committee for Sustainable Development Kazuhiko Takeuchi, delivered keynote speeches.
This year's Summit focused on promoting global energy transition and green development through carbon pricing mechanisms. Policymakers, leaders of international financial institutions and central bankers from over a dozen countries discussed the implications of carbon markets, pricing and trading systems in China, the United States and Europe, the future of international energy markets, and indicators for green development. Laurent Fabius, former Prime Minister of France and President of COP21, attended the conference and delivered a keynote speech.
At the summit, the IFF Global Green Growth Centre released its latest annual research on the global economy. IFF Academic Member and IMF Secretary-General Lin Jianhai analyzed why the global economy has not yet completed its recovery and the challenges it faces. Edmond Alphandéry, former Minister of Finance of France and IFF Vice-President, delivered a keynote speech entitled "Carbon Pricing for Climate Change". Experts and scholars from more than ten countries discussed how finance could contribute to green and low-carbon innovation.
