Environmental Risks, Challenges and Opportunities Along the African Belt and Road Initiative

2020 ◽  
pp. 105-120
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Risks ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Belt And Road

scholarly journals The Belt and Road Initiative: Maximizing benefits, managing risks—A computable general equilibrium approach

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongjoo Hahm ◽  
Selim Raihan
Keyword(s):  
Computable General Equilibrium ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Environmental Risks ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
The Social ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
Trade Analysis ◽  
Global Trade Analysis Project ◽  
The Belt And Road ◽  
Social And Environmental Risks

Using a Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) model, and China as the base for analytical comparison, this paper shows that there are significant economic benefits to China and the participating countries along all six Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) economic corridors. However, to maximize these benefits, the social and environmental risks need to be well managed. The analysis shows a clear sequencing in terms of priority corridors. Two corridors have minimal investments and immediate returns, two corridors have significant investments with huge returns, and two corridors have high investments with lower returns. Overall, the paper demonstrates that to ensure the sustainability of any BRI corridor development, there is a need to consider its costs and benefits from the economic, social and environmental perspectives.

scholarly journals The Spatial Network Contagion of Environmental Risks Among Countries Along the Belt and Road Initiative

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling Lu ◽  
Kai Fang ◽  
Chuan Ming Liu ◽  
Cheng Sun
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Economic Integration ◽  
Environmental Risk ◽  
Spatial Clustering ◽  
Environmental Risks ◽  
Quadratic Assignment ◽  
Spatial Network ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
The Belt And Road

Under the tide of global economic integration with aggravated environmental risks caused by intensive human activities, the spatial network correlation of environmental risks has become intensified. The close exchange of activities among the countries under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) will especially feel this contagion of environmental risks. Given this situation, this article analyzes the environmental risk contagion relations among the BRI countries and the characteristics of their network structure by using social network analysis (SNA). A block model is used to analyze the spatial clustering characteristics of the environmental risk contagion. Specifically, the driving factors of environmental risk contagion are analyzed through the quadratic assignment procedure (QAP) of SNA. The results of this article provide some references for the BRI to reduce the environmental risks and jointly control the environmental risk contagion, so as to assist in the promotion of a green silk road.

scholarly journals “BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE”: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHINA AND FOR THE WORLD

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (17) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno De Conti ◽  
Petr Mozias
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
Economic Problems ◽  
The World ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
Direct And Indirect Impacts ◽  
Indirect Impacts ◽  
The Belt And Road

The “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI) is quite impressive in the amount of resources and the number of countries involved, but also in the diversity of intentions it reveals. In one hand, it is a demonstration of strength for China in the international arena; in the other hand, it is an effort of the Chinese government to face important economic problems. Nevertheless, it may not be studied only from the point of view of China, since it has direct and indirect impacts over the whole globe. This paper aims therefore to analyze BRI under the framework of associated opportunities and challenges for China and for the rest of the world.

Corporate responsibility and biodiversity conservation: challenges and opportunities for companies participating in China’s Belt and Road Initiative

2022 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Eve Bohnett ◽  
Abdoulaye Coulibaly ◽  
Dave Hulse ◽  
Thomas Hoctor ◽  
Bilal Ahmad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Corporate Responsibility ◽  
Critical Infrastructure ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Belt And Road Initiative ◽  
Regulatory Frameworks ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Belt And Road ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
The United Nations

Summary China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), designed to build critical infrastructure and coordinate economic growth, is the most significant development initiative in modern history. The BRI has a documented vision for sustainability, including environmental impact assessments and responsibility tenets. Despite this, a growing body of literature has found adverse effects of BRI projects on protected land and species. To understand corporate responsibility and regulations for companies participating in the BRI, we gathered information on 260 BRI companies using the Refinitiv Eikon BRI Connect database and the China Global Investment Tracker. The results revealed a significant gap in corporate responsibility reporting for biodiversity impacts, environmental restoration, environmental project financing and the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 14 ‘Life below Water’ and 15 ‘Life on Land’. The modest fraction of companies that we found to report biodiversity accountability highlights the need to restructure and incentivize the reporting of environmental and biodiversity risks. The current evidence of limited adherence to responsibility measures highlights a clear opportunity to align BRI development with the BRI’s vision for sustainability, and to strengthen links for policy engagement within Chinese regulatory frameworks and international obligations at the United Nations within its SDG framework.

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