From April 24 to 25, 2021, jointly sponsored by China Energy Finance alliance, Chinese Society of Optimization, Overall Planning and Economic Mathematics, China Institute for Studies in Energy Policy in School of management, Xiamen University, Institute of Science and Development Chinese Academy of Sciences, assisted with Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Climate finance research branch of Chinese Society of Optimization, Overall Planning and Economic Mathematics, The International Society for Energy Transition Studies and the information and Management Branch of the youth Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the "2021 International Conference on climate and Energy Finance (ICEF 2021)" was held in Xiamen. This forum is a series of academic activities celebrating the centennial of Xiamen University. Experts, scholars and journal editors from many universities and scientific research institutes at home and abroad were invited to make discussions around "Opportunities and challenges brought by global energy governance and climate finance under the goal of carbon neutrality".
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At the UN General Assembly held in September 22, 2020 Xi Jinping made clear that "China will enhance the state's independent contribution and adopt more effective policies and measures. CO2 emissions will strive to reach a peak by 2030, and strive to achieve carbon neutralization by 2060." With the release of the goal of carbon neutralization, energy conservation and emission reduction as well as green development has become an important theme of China's high-quality economic development in the new era. The meeting focused on the opportunities and challenges of global energy governance and energy finance. The discussion scope included carbon finance, carbon neutralization, systematic risk modeling of energy market, green technology innovation, deep decarbonization and other topics. The conference aims to promote innovative research and development in the field of domestic climate and energy finance, helping domestic and foreign scholars seize opportunities, welcome challenges and deepen communication and cooperation in the profound change of the world energy pattern by discussing issues in the field of energy governance and climate finance under the background of carbon neutrality.
The opening ceremony of the conference was held in the morning of April 24, hosted by Professor Zhang Dayong of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics. Professor Li Jianfa, deputy secretary of the Standing Committee of the CPC Committee and Dean of the school of management of Xiamen University, delivered a welcome speech on behalf of Xiamen University. Professor Li Jianfa pointed out that Xi Jinping put forward a letter of congratulation to the 100th anniversary establishment of Xiamen University, hoping that it will enhance the capacity of serving regional development and national strategy. The holding of this meeting fully reflects the sense of responsibility and mission of the energy and environment economist to respond to the national call and actively promote the development of energy and environment economy. Standing at the starting point of the new century, Xiamen University, together with universities, experts and scholars at home and abroad, will focus on the field of energy finance, continue to carry out research and exploration, strive to make more achievements, and make new and greater contributions to serving national development and human progress!
Professor Lin Boqiang, President of Institute for Studies in Energy Policy in School of management of Xiamen University and President of the conference, delivered an opening speech on behalf of the organizers. Professor Lin Boqiang expressed heartfelt thanks to the sponsors and co-sponsors for their strong support, warmly welcomed the experts and scholars attending the meeting, and introduced the development process and scientific research achievements of Institute for Studies in Energy Policy in School of management of Xiamen University. He pointed out that Xiamen University attaches great importance to the discipline construction of energy and environmental economics, and gives great support through the integration of resources, discipline intersection, talent introduction, cooperation and exchange, and established the China Energy Policy Research Institute in 2013. This year is the centennial anniversary of Xiamen University. On behalf of the organizers, Professor Lin Boqiang once again thanked all guests for coming to the university to share the joy of celebrating the Centennial birthday with us.
Professor Lutz Kilian of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Professor Roger h. von haefen from North Carolina State University, and Professor Zhang Bing of Nanjing University were invited to give keynote reports. Professor Lutz Kilian said that there is a close relationship between oil prices and inflation expectations, and a robust result is obtained after estimation with VAR model; Professor Roger h. von haefen proposed that charging congestion on the US Coast can improve social welfare. Under the condition of higher congestion charges, the compensation transformation of people's travel will tend to decrease; Professor Zhang Bing reported the latest research results of his team. Through experiments, he found that NGO monitoring helps to effectively improve corporate social responsibility, and affects corporate social responsibility through "reputation" and "regulation".
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