Mathias Larsen
@MLundLarsen
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Senior Policy Fellow at LSE's Grantham Research Institute. Work on the political economy of financing green transition in China + other global South countries
London
Joined February 2019
Great to see our data used by the @IEA in their new World Energy Outlook. The outlook uses our data to show the massive increase in Chinese outward investments in clean tech manufacturing.
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Pleased to have my research featured in @nytimes reporting on China's role in a global green transition https://t.co/wGtsM0ezdZ
nytimes.com
At this year’s climate summit, the United States is out and Europe is struggling. But emerging countries are embracing renewable energy thanks to a glut of cheap equipment.
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New paper by @MLundLarsen and James Jackson explores the relation between central bank independence and climate action https://t.co/a8C8PJJ3r8
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New paper out with @James7jackson in the working paper series of @GRI_LSE: 'Revisiting central bank independence for the climate era: insights from the People’s Bank of China' https://t.co/HNY0lP43Fk
lse.ac.uk
This paper explores the relationship between independence and climate action through an in-depth study of the PBoC, comparing it with Western central banks.
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New article out in @LSEforBusiness:
China leads in renewables capacity but also in greenhouse gas emissions. How do you reconcile these two aspects? @GRI_LSE
https://t.co/SXvongAZhQ
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New article out in Ecological Economics with @jhasselbalch: 'Reimagining growth futures: Overcoming the false binary between green growth and degrowth' https://t.co/Ri7CvWuAQr
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Big new report @NZpolicylab on China’s surge in outbound investment in clean tech manufacturing. China’s Green Leap Outward: The rapid scale- up of overseas Chinese clean-tech manufacturing investments https://t.co/SUHih7LdjT
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“Chinese overseas clean-tech manufacturing investment is nearly $100 billion per year. The Marshall Plan was $200b—and locked Europe into US tech and standards. When we see sums of this size, we can ask whether it will have a similar effect on the globe.” https://t.co/1Au81DFfod
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New op-ed out in @CarnegieEndow china-blog, edited by @michaelxpettis: “How China’s Growth Model Determines Its Climate Performance: Rather than climate ambitions, compatibility with investment and exports is why China supports both green and high-emission technologies.”
In the latest issue of CRI, Mathias Larsen discusses China's clean industries in the context of its growth model. https://t.co/eFfUs3Io8x
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New policy report just published with groundbreaking data showing that China's new global role in the green transition is investing in manufacturing, not financing infrastructure: "China’s Green Leap Outward"
netzeropolicylab.com
A new China Low Carbon Technology FDI Database
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New article with @James7jackson out in Competition & Change: The green versus environmental state: Reviewing two decades of conceptualizing state-led approaches https://t.co/9RsGy2imEw
journals.sagepub.com
A consensus has emerged that a green transition is only possible if the state plays a central role. Conceptualisations of this state role have multiplied over t...
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New op-ed out in The Diplomat @Diplomat_APAC : 'China’s Political System Makes Consumption-led Growth Impossible: Beijing’s prioritization of political security necessitates a reliance on investment and exports – not consumption – to power the economy.' https://t.co/BeaUMYzNJX
thediplomat.com
Beijing’s prioritization of political security necessitates a reliance on investment and exports – not consumption – to power the economy.
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Nice to see this piece I wrote with @MLundLarsen on Green Finance and China featured in the latest July 2026 issue of the EU-China Energy Magazine: https://t.co/Hx2P4rmHjf.
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New article out in World Development @WorldDevJournal: 'Green industrial policy under financial constraints: Insights from India’s state-led decarbonization' https://t.co/ClfLvVpfCo
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NEW ARTICLE out in Review of International Political Economy @RIPEJournal: The archetype of a ‘big green state’? What China tells us about green macrofinancial regimes https://t.co/n80Ip3ZAxf
tandfonline.com
Driven by the urgency of the climate crisis, political economists are debating how the state can best ensure financing for a green transition. Providing a conceptual scaffolding for discussing diff...
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In my latest op-ed just out in @Enviro_Finance, Calvin Quek @clearroads and I asses what policy tools are most central in how China finances green industries. Taxonomies, disclosure, and green bonds get most attention but these are not that impactful.
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New article out in Socio-Economic Review @SASE_Meeting: 'The pullback of Chinese overseas financing and its implications for a post-neoliberal global financial order.' https://t.co/l1UBuxkeOb
academic.oup.com
Abstract. Over the past 15 years, Chinese overseas financing has reached a staggering $2 trillion. Differing from neoliberal principles, Chinese finance is
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New article out in New Political Economy! My co-author, @James7jackson, and I propose the concept of 'green financial planning' to capture how the Paris Agreement presents a state-capital relationship around planning.
tandfonline.com
The political economy literature has witnessed a proliferation of ‘green’ interpretations of long-standing analytical subjects in recent years. This includes green industrial policy, green macrofin...
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I'll be in Beijing all of May and June as a visiting scholar at Peking University's Carbon Neutrality Institute. Let me know if you're in town or if you know someone I should meet.
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