(PV Magazine, Berlin, 27 November 2018) In a new report, BloombergNEF notes a significant uptake in renewable energy in developing countries, which are clearly outperforming OECD countries. The trend is due to reductions in equipment costs and new business models that enable access to capital....
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2018/11/28
Country: USA
ECAs: Export-Import bank of the United States
(The Hill, Washington, 30 October 2018) Pollsters are predicting that Kavanaugh’s US Senate confirmation has galvanized Republicans and enhanced Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) chances of retaining Senate control. For the last three years, and with little notice, McConnell has...
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2018/11/28
Country: Malaysia, United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(Ekklesia, London, 16 November 2018) In the wake of the alleged murder of Jamal Khashoggi and international warnings on climate change, the UK Government is discreetly considering supporting a Saudi Arabian oil company with a petrochemical project. UK Export Finance (UKEF), the controversial...
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2018/11/28
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(The East African, Nairobi, 26 November 2018) Uganda and Tanzania signed an agreement in May 2017 to jointly develop the $3.5 billion pipeline that has been described as the longest electrically heated crude oil pipeline in the world. The balance of $1 billion is expected to come from...
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2018/11/28
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing
Member: Friends of the Earth USA
(Friends of the Earth USA, Washington, 13 November 2018) In order to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, no new fossil fuel power plants should have been built after 2017. Despite this, little-known government agencies called export credit agencies (ECAs) are still providing many...
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2018/11/27
Country: Australia, China
ECAs: Export Finance and Insurance Corporation
(Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, 8 November 2018) Australia has announced that at least A$2 billion has been earmarked for grants and long-term projects in the Pacific and Timor Leste, to be administered by a new Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility. An extra A$1 billion will be made...
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2018/11/27
Country: Denmark, Germany, Iran, USA
ECAs: Denmark EKF, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG
Issue: Human Rights
(Washington Post, Berlin, 31 October 2018) At the end of last year, the Danish Export Credit Agency had approved eight Iranian banks for credit lines or guarantees and vowed to resist U.S. pressure to dismantle those ties. However, Denmark is now leading a push for new E.U. sanctions against...
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2018/11/27
Country: Canada
ECAs: Export Development Canada
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
Member: Above Ground
(Windsor Star, Ottawa, 22 November 2018) A new report shows Canada’s export credit agency provides far...
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2018/11/27
Country: Canada
ECAs: Export Development Canada
Issue: Climate Change, Corruption, Human Rights, Transparency
Member: Above Ground, Bank Track, Both ENDS, Friends of the Earth USA
(Above Ground, Ottawa, 12 November 2018) Canada’s Export Development Act is under review. In our submission (pdf) to the government...
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2018/11/27
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing
Member: urgewald
(New York Times, Hanoi, 24 November 2018) Coal, the fuel that powered the industrial age, has led the planet to the brink of catastrophic climate change. Scientists have repeatedly warned of its looming dangers, most recently on Friday, when a...
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2018/11/26
Issue: Climate Change, European Union, Human Rights, Transparency
Member: Re:Common
(Euractiv, Brussels, 20 November 2018) MEPs need to follow the lead of the European Ombudsman and force the European Commission to shine light on the opaque role of national Export Credit Agencies. An important milestone in this direction was set by recent decisions of the Ombudsman Emily O’...
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2018/10/29
Country: India, South Africa
(Southern Times, Windhoek, 29 October 2018) Trade between Africa and India has risen over the past 10 years and is highly likely to double its total of US$60 billion in 2017 to US$120 billion in 2021, according to a report released by the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and the Export-...
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2018/10/29
Country: China
ECAs: Sinosure
Issue: Debt, Transparency
(South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, 29 October 2018) The planning behind many of China’s major infrastructure projects abroad has been “downright inadequate”, leading to huge financial losses, according to the head of the country’s state export credit insurer. Wang Wen, of China Export and...
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2018/10/29
Country: China
ECAs: EXIM Bank China
Issue: Debt
(Matangi, Tonga, 22 October 2018) The Tonga Government will start paying US$4.7m a year during the next ten years, (principal only) of its US$52m loan from the Exim Bank of China that was used to fund reconstruction projects after the 2006 riots in Nuku'alofa. The start of the principal...
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2018/10/29
Country: Iran
Issue: European Union
(Financial Tribune, Tehran, 20 October 2018) Global Export Credit Unions participating in a meeting of the Berne Union Credit and Investment Insurers this week backed sustained cooperation with Iran despite the US move earlier this year to pull out of the historic nuclear agreement. According...
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