Ma Jun

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Ma Jun, a former chief economist of the People’s Bank of China, is Director of the Center for Finance and Development at Tsinghua University and Chairman of China’s Green Finance Committee.

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A Low-Carbon Belt and Road
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A Low-Carbon Belt and Road

Mar 28, 2019 Ma Jun & Simon Zadek propose steps to ensure that the coming wave of infrastructure investment doesn't overwhelm climate goals.

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A Climate-Friendly Financial System
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A Climate-Friendly Financial System

Dec 13, 2018 Ma Jun & Caio Koch-Weser highlight how banks and others are – and should be – supporting the transition to a low-carbon economy.

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The G20 Embraces Green Finance
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The G20 Embraces Green Finance

Sep 5, 2016 Ma Jun & Simon Zadek applaud the new focus on aligning financial systems with the needs of a sustainable economy.

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Greening China’s Financial System
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Greening China’s Financial System

May 11, 2015 Ma Jun & Simon Zadek describe the country’s leading role in promoting finance for sustainable development worldwide.

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The Experts We Need

Andrés Velasco

Policy gurus spend too much time with others like them – top civil servants, high-flying journalists, successful businesspeople – and too little time with ordinary voters. If they could become “humble, competent people on a level with dentists,” as John Maynard Keynes once suggested, voters might identify with them and find them trustworthy.

Don’t Feed the Donald

Shlomo Ben-Ami

For Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, appeasing US President Donald Trump is not so much a choice as a necessity: he must prove to Japan’s people and their neighbors, particularly the Chinese, that he knows how to keep Trump on his side. But Abe's strategy won't work with a US administration as fickle and self-serving as Trump’s.