The 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) is being held in Egypt. Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary General of the Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), grandly promoted the conference’s special report “10 Insights into Climate Science 2022” (10NICS) during a special press conference on Nov.10th. This essential paper was co-authored by 65 academics from 23 nations, and it earned extensive media coverage and widespread attention worldwide.

With Aaron Maltais of Sweden and Kim Schumacher of Japan, Zhao Zhirong, dean of the School of Public Affairs and chair professor of the Department of Urban Development and Management at Zhejiang University, co-authored chapter 7, “Private sustainable finance practices are failing to catalyze deep transitions.”

Source: School of Public Affairs