International Collaboration to Foster a Quality Infrastructure for Globalized PV Markets

This presentation emphasized the role of PV in the global energy transformation, underscoring the importance of adopting a system approach in ensuring quality solar PV infrastructure. It also discussed the PV quality assurance and certification in the People's Republic of China, as carried out by the China General Certification (CGC).

Shu Tian

Shu Tian is a Principal Economist at the Economic Research and Development Impact Department (ERDI) of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Prior to joining ADB, she was an Associate Professor of Finance at Fudan University in China. Her main working area is financial sector development, sustainable and climate finance, and digitalization. Her work has been published in the Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis, Journal of Banking & Finance, Journal of Corporate Finance, Financial Management, Finance and 
Accounting.

Keynote Speech

In this keynote speech, Mr. Hussain Rasheed Hassan, Minister of Environment, Maldives welcomed the delegates of the Resilient Atoll Nations in Productive Oceans conference and shared his perspective on the importance of developing climate resilience in developing atoll nations, especially in the midst of climate change.