April 8 Belts and Roads in Environmental Perspective, with Maria Adele Carrai, Sophia Kalantazakos, Yifei Li, Ayesha Omer, and Galen Murton. 

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) promises green growth in a win-win formula for China and partner states.  What is the record so far?  Are China and BRI partner states reconfiguring the global context of development?  Where do we see green growth, and where are events unfolding otherwise, either for development or sustainability?  Does the BRI model of win-win green growth have its own costs, some of which are perhaps still to be discovered? 

This panel explores these and related questions, assessing policy directions in and directives from the PRC, sharing insights from case studies across Asia, and helping us figure out which questions we should be asking next. The panelists seek to bring a diverse range of perspectives about the BRI in hopes of articulating the multiple belts, roads, and initiatives, as well as their many implications for sustainability and development.