🚨new paper🚨 on demand drivers for Chinese overseas investments in coal-fired power plants w/@kellysgallagher, @na_easwaran, and QT Nguyen. quick thread #BRI #climate
the paper is available here [open access] bit.ly/3qhYVoD
Our findings show how host country policies create the conditions that help to entrench coal power generation in the energy mix
The paper captures findings from our interviews in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia and Vietnam
Host country policies favor coal for various reasons. Enforcement with existing enviro policies is a major challenge. And, renewables face major perceived or actual barriers.
The 'availability bias' towards coal in decisionmaking is major; not the primary focus of the paper, but we touch on it
to 'green' the BRI, important to understand host country policies as well
one of my favorite quotes is "if we ask for solar, they'll [Chinese actors] sell us solar; if we ask for coal, they'll sell us coal"
of course, the *supply* of Chinese finance is also important, but this paper opens the lid on the demand drivers
for an analysis of Chinese policies governing outbound investment, check out @kellysgallagher and Qi Qi's paper here sites.tufts.edu/cierp/files/20…
paper was enriched with great input from various colleagues including @GDPC_BU 🙏
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