Ziqun Jia
Translating climate ambition into action requires sophisticated financial response. We aim to unpack complex financial flows and explore innovative instruments to accelerate the shift away from carbon-intensive investments.
Ziqun Jia holds a M.Sc in Environmental Policy and Economics from Peking University and B.A. degree in International Politics from Nanjing University. Her studies have equipped her with an interdisciplinary perspective on climate, sustainability, policy and economics. Before joining Perspectives, she has worked with the World Economic Forum and World Resources Institute in Beijing, where she was involved in research on climate policy, natural capital, energy finance and sustainable supply chain.
At Perspectives, Ziqun contributes to research on international climate finance and energy transition finance with a data-driven approach.
Her areas of interest include innovative financial instruments for mobilising climate finance and facilitating the transition of financial flows away from fossil fuels. She has recently worked on projects relating to the alignment of export finance with climate goals, synergies between development finance and export finance, as well as adaptation assessment. She is fluent in English and Chinese.
Areas of expertise
Climate Finance
Renewable Energy Finance
Just Energy Transition
Sustainable Finance
Climate Adaptation
Selected publications
Bridging aid and trade: Exploring synergies between Swedish climate-related development and export finance · 2026 Debt-for-Carbon: Using Carbon Credits for Debt Relief · 2026 Updated Pocket Guide to Finance under the UNFCCC · 2025 Overcoming carbon lock-in: Rethinking Export Finance and Investment Law in Africa’s Energy Landscape · 2025 Greening Chinese export finance: opportunities and ways forward · 2025 Alignment of China’s Energy Sector Export Finance with the Paris Climate Agreement · 2025
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