B&R countries have made efforts to build an all-round and multi-level facilities framework of railways, highways, ports, air transport, energy and communication facilities, which will greatly reduce the transaction costs of goods, capital, information and technologies, thus making. . B&R countries have made efforts to build an all-round and multi-level facilities framework of railways, highways, ports, air transport, energy and communication facilities, which will greatly reduce the transaction costs of goods, capital, information and technologies, thus making. . Since 2013, when China launched its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), interest in the measure has been sharply divided. The energy sector accounts for nearly 40 percent of all investments under the BRI, with significant geostrategic and geoeconomic implications. In recent years, China has adopted a “greening the BRI”. . President Xi Jinping of the People's Republic of China (PRC or China) in 2013 launched an ambitious and multifaceted foreign economic policy initiative—One Belt, One Road—to expand China's global economic reach and influence. In 2015, Beijing changed the English name to the Belt and Road Initiative. . In April 2019, Chinese and international partners officially launched the BRI International Green Development Coalition (BRIGC) at the Second Belt and Road Forums for International Cooperation. BRIGC aims to establish a policy dialogue and communication platform, an environmental knowledge and. . Then, at the UN General Assembly (UNGA) in September 2021, President Xi Jinping announced that China would no longer support the construction of coal-fired power plants abroad. He also stated that the country would “step up” support for “green and low-carbon energy” in fellow developing countries. . Potential future engagements are unchanged in six project types: manufacturing in new technologies (e., data centers), resource-backed deals (e., mining, oil, gas), high visibility or strategic. .