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2017/11/30

Japanese Groups Strongly Object to JBIC Premature Loan Disbursement, Ingoring Upcoming Community Lawsuit

(FOE Japan, Tokyo, 14 November 2017) On November 14, The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) disbursed the first installment of a loan for the 1000 MW Cirebon coal-fired power...

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Country: Indonesia, Japan ECAs: Japan Bank for International Cooperation Issue: End Coal Financing Member: Friends of the Earth Japan

2017/10/29

G20 countries need to stop using export credit agencies to finance fossil fuel projects

(FOE US, Washington, 16 October 2017) Although at least seven major countries — including Canada, France, and Germany — have made commitments to phase out coal power domestically, their export credit agencies, or ECAs, have poured money into coal plants and other fossil fuel projects in other...

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Issue: Activists demand end of massive OECD support for fossil fuels, Climate Change, Common Approaches, End Coal Financing, G20, Oil, Gas and Mining, Renewables Member: Both ENDS, Friends of the Earth Japan, Friends of the Earth USA, Jubilee Australia, Re:Common, urgewald

2017/05/30

Indonesian Community Reps File Cirebon Coal Plant Objections with JIBC

(Friends of the Earth Japan, Tokyo, 24 May 2017) On May 24, 2017, two Indonesian community representatives affected by the JIBC supported Cirebon Coal-fired Power Plant Project in West Java arrived in Japan and handed their objections to the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) with...

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Country: Indonesia, Japan ECAs: Japan Bank for International Cooperation Issue: End Coal Financing, OECD Member: Friends of the Earth Japan

2017/04/27

JBIC Must Immediately Review and Repeal its Loan Agreement for Illegal Indonesian Coal Project

(Friends of the Earth Japan, Tokyo, 19 April 2017) Following objections from local affected villagers, on April 19th the regional court in Bandung, West Java revoked the environmental permit for the 1000MW Cirebon coal-fired power plant expansion plan known as Cirebon 2 (which Marubeni and JERA...

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Country: Indonesia, Japan ECAs: Japan Bank for International Cooperation Issue: End Coal Financing Member: Friends of the Earth Japan

2017/03/30

280 CSOs from 47 Countries Call on Japanese Government to Reject Support for Indonesian Coal Plants

(FOE Japan, Tokyo, 27 March 2017) On March 23, Indonesian and Japanese CSOs submitted an international petition signed by 280 CSOs from 47 countries to the Japanese government, calling on JBIC and JICA not to finance the Cirebon expansion coal-fired power plant (1,000 MW) and the Indramayu...

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Country: Indonesia, Japan ECAs: Japan Bank for International Cooperation Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining Member: Friends of the Earth Japan

2017/02/28

Japanese ECA finances Indonesian coal plant despite widespread opposition

(Banktrack, Nijmegen, 28 February 2017) As financial close was announced on the Tanjung Jati B 2 (TJB2) coal expansion power project in Indonesia yesterday, BankTrack, Friends of the Earth Japan and 350.org Japan criticised the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and several...

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Country: Indonesia, Japan ECAs: Japan Bank for International Cooperation Issue: End Coal Financing, Oil, Gas and Mining Member: Friends of the Earth Japan