Overview
Background
Dr Christoph Nedopil is a UQ Business School Professor, a Visiting Professor at FISF Fudan University, Shanghai, and a Professorial Research Associate at SOAS University of London.
Christoph’s work focuses on green industry transitions in the Asia-Pacific region. He regularly provides advisory services and capacity building to governments, financial institutions, enterprises, and civil society on green finance, corporate governance and transition leadership.
He is the lead author of the UNDP SDG Finance Taxonomy, the Innovative Climate Finance Solutions report for the G20 in Indonesia, and the Green Development Guidance of the BRI Green Development Coalition under the Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment. He has further authored four books with translations in several languages and published articles in Science and other leading academic journals. Christoph is quoted regularly in Financial Times, The Economist, Reuters, Bloomberg, and other major outlets.
Before joining UQ, he served as Director of the Griffith Asia Institute at Griffith University, as the Founding Director of the Green Finance & Development Center and Associate Professor at the Fudan International School of Finance (FISF), Fudan University and previously as Founding Director for the Green BRI Center at the Central University of Economics in Beijing. He also worked for more than a decade with the World Bank in over 15 countries and served as a Director at the German development agency GIZ.
Christoph holds a Master of Engineering and a PhD in Economics from the Technical University Berlin, as well as a Master of Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School.
Availability
- Professor Christoph Nedopil is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Masters (Coursework) of Industrial Engineering, Technische Universität Berlin
- Graduate Diploma in Business, The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy of Economics, Technische Universität Berlin
- Masters (Coursework) of Public Administration, Harvard University
Works
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2025
Journal Article
Current perspectives on debt-for-nature swaps: moving from exploratory to empirical research
Nedopil, Christoph and Sun, Tianshu (2025). Current perspectives on debt-for-nature swaps: moving from exploratory to empirical research. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 74 101538, 101538-74. doi: 10.1016/j.cosust.2025.101538
2024
Journal Article
Can investors benefit from the early retirement of coal plants: A plant-level analysis of Chinese-sponsored coal stations in Vietnam and Pakistan
Nedopil, Christoph, Ang, Lawrence, Carpio, Matt and Yue, Mengdi (2024). Can investors benefit from the early retirement of coal plants: A plant-level analysis of Chinese-sponsored coal stations in Vietnam and Pakistan. Energy Policy, 193 114291, 114291-193. doi: 10.1016/j.enpol.2024.114291
2024
Journal Article
Catching up with climate priorities: understanding multilateral development banks' evolving approach to biodiversity
Nedopil, Christoph, Larsen, Mathias, Chane‐Yook, Aurelie and Narain, Divya (2024). Catching up with climate priorities: understanding multilateral development banks' evolving approach to biodiversity. Global Policy, 15 (4), 660-675. doi: 10.1111/1758-5899.13403
2024
Journal Article
Spatial impact of digital finance on carbon productivity
Sun, Huaping, Chen, Tingting and Wang, Christoph Nedopil (2024). Spatial impact of digital finance on carbon productivity. Geoscience Frontiers, 15 (3) 101674, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.gsf.2023.101674
2024
Journal Article
Analyzing global utilization and missed opportunities in debt-for-nature swaps with generative AI
Tkachenko, Nataliya, Frieder, Simon, Griffiths, Ryan-Rhys and Nedopil, Christoph (2024). Analyzing global utilization and missed opportunities in debt-for-nature swaps with generative AI. Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence, 7 1167137, 7. doi: 10.3389/frai.2024.1167137
2024
Journal Article
Does Green Overseas Investment Improve Public Perception in Host Countries? Evidence from Chinese Energy Engagement in 32 African Countries
Nedopil, Christoph and Yue, Mengdi (2024). Does Green Overseas Investment Improve Public Perception in Host Countries? Evidence from Chinese Energy Engagement in 32 African Countries. Sustainability, 16 (2), 590-2. doi: 10.3390/su16020590
2023
Journal Article
Chinese overseas development funds: an assessment of their sustainability approaches
Larsen, Mathias Lund, Voituriez, Tancrède and Nedopil, Christoph (2023). Chinese overseas development funds: an assessment of their sustainability approaches. Journal of International Development, 35 (8), 2373-2396. doi: 10.1002/jid.3778
2023
Journal Article
Integrating biodiversity into financial decision-making: challenges and four principles
Nedopil, Christoph (2023). Integrating biodiversity into financial decision-making: challenges and four principles. Business Strategy and the Environment, 32 (4), 1619-1633. doi: 10.1002/bse.3208
2022
Journal Article
Green finance for soft power: an analysis of China's green policy signals and investments in the Belt and Road Initiative
Nedopil, Christoph (2022). Green finance for soft power: an analysis of China's green policy signals and investments in the Belt and Road Initiative. Environmental Policy and Governance, 32 (2), 85-97. doi: 10.1002/eet.1965
2022
Journal Article
Addressing the missing linkage in sustainable finance: the ‘SDG Finance Taxonomy’
Nedopil Wang, Christoph, Lund Larsen, Mathias and Wang, Y. (2022). Addressing the missing linkage in sustainable finance: the ‘SDG Finance Taxonomy’. Journal of Sustainable Finance and Investment, 12 (2), 630-637. doi: 10.1080/20430795.2020.1796101
2022
Journal Article
Prospects of the Multilateral Cooperation Center for Development Finance (MCDF) to catalyse infrastructure financing
Nedopil, Christoph, Larsen, Mathias Lund, Yue, Mengdi and Wang, Yao (2022). Prospects of the Multilateral Cooperation Center for Development Finance (MCDF) to catalyse infrastructure financing. Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies, 9 (1), 81-110. doi: 10.1002/app5.345
2021
Journal Article
The nature of global green finance standards-evolution, differences, and three models
Nedopil, Christoph, Dordi, Truzaar and Weber, Olaf (2021). The nature of global green finance standards-evolution, differences, and three models. Sustainability, 13 (7) 3723, 1-23. doi: 10.3390/su13073723
2013
Conference Publication
Creating user-friendly healing environments with adaptable lighting for senior citizens
Nedopil, Christoph, Schauber, Cornelia and Glende, Sebastian (2013). Creating user-friendly healing environments with adaptable lighting for senior citizens. Springer Verlag. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-39354-9_40
2011
Journal Article
The meta-challenge of complexity for global companies
Amann, Wolfgang, Nedopil, Christoph and Steger, Ulrich (2011). The meta-challenge of complexity for global companies. Journal of Database Marketing and Customer Strategy Management, 18 (3), 200-204. doi: 10.1057/dbm.2011.21
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- ASEAN
- Asia
- Belt and Road Initiative
- China
- energy finance
- green energy
- green finance
- industry transition
- iron
- steel
- sustainable finance
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