(Los Angeles Times, Suralaya, 13 May 2019) In the last-ditch global battle against climate change, China, Japan and South Korea have joined other industrialized nations in promising to reduce their use of fossil fuels. Yet even as they take steps to promote renewable energy at home, these three...
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2019/05/29
Country: China, Japan, Korea
ECAs: EXIM Bank China, Export Import Bank of Korea, Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Issue: End Coal Financing
2018/04/30
Country: Japan, Korea
ECAs: Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing
(Straits Times, Singaport, 18 April 2018) DBS and OCBC are among a group of banks and lending agencies that have signed off on financing of about US$1.87 billion (S$2.45 billion) for a controversial coal-fired power station in Vietnam. The 1,200MW Nghi Son 2 power station in Tinh Gia district,...
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2018/02/28
Country: Japan, Korea, United Kingdom
ECAs: Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing
(Climate Home News, London, 14 February 2018) The London-based bank plans to co-finance Nghi Son 2 power plant, which NGOs say uses dirty old technology, against company and OECD guidelines. The proposed financing arrangements also appear to breach the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and...
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2017/12/31
Country: China, Indonesia, Japan
ECAs: EXIM Bank China, Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing, Oil, Gas and Mining
(The Nation, Bangkok, 30 December 2017) Already the world’s fifth-biggest greenhouse gas emitter, Indonesia is leading Southeast Asia’s boom in coal-fired power. Already one of the world’s biggest carbon polluters because of deforestation, Indonesia has back-pedalled on a pledge to cap coal...
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2017/12/31
Country: Brazil, Japan
ECAs: Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Nippon Export and Investment Insurance
Issue: End Coal Financing
(African Law & Business, London, 7 December 2017) London's Linklaters & US firm White & Case, together with local law firms, have shared the plaudits in agreeing financing of the US$4 billion Nacala Corridor rail and port project, which spans Mozambique & Malawi. It involves...
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2017/11/30
Country: Japan
ECAs: Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Issue: End Coal Financing
(Global Capital, London, 1 November 2017) Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and a syndicate of lenders have provided a $2.73bn loan to finance the construction of a railway and upgrade a port in Mozambique, which will ensure the long term supply of coal to Japan from the African...
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2017/11/30
Country: Indonesia, Japan
ECAs: Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Issue: End Coal Financing
Member: Friends of the Earth Japan
(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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2017/11/30
Country: Japan, Korea
ECAs: Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Nippon Export and Investment Insurance
Issue: End Coal Financing
(Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, 13 November 2017) Two years ago, OECD countries agreed to place limits on coal finance. Are countries following through on their commitments? The results are mixed. Most governments have stopped financing coal and shifted finance to clean energy...
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2017/05/30
Country: Indonesia, Japan
ECAs: Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Issue: End Coal Financing, OECD
Member: Friends of the Earth Japan
(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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2017/04/27
Country: Indonesia, Japan
ECAs: Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Issue: End Coal Financing
Member: Friends of the Earth Japan
(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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2017/02/28
Country: Indonesia, Japan
ECAs: Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Issue: End Coal Financing, Oil, Gas and Mining
Member: Friends of the Earth Japan
(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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2016/12/30
Country: Indonesia, Japan
ECAs: Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing, Human Rights
Member: Friends of the Earth Japan
(FOE Japan, Tokyo, 5 December 2016) On December 5, eleven local Indonesian community leaders, who have continued to oppose the “Batang Coal-fired Power Plant Project” over five years now, visited the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) Jakarta office and submitted their objections...
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