(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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(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...
more(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...
more(Nikkei Asian Review, Tokyo, 12 December 2016) Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation will jointly launch a new scheme to provide loans for small to midsize Russian businesses via Alfa-Bank. Japanese export credit agency Nippon Export and Investment...
more(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...
more(Friends of the Earth Japan, 17 November 2016, Tokyo) Within the next couple of months, the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) will decide whether to fund two giant dirty coal-fired power plants in Indonesia. These power plants will have a total capacity of 3000 Megawatts. They are...
more(Friends of the Earth Japan, 10 November 2016, Jakarta) On November 10, 2016, three villagers affected by "Cirebon coal-fired power plant project in West Java, Indonesia" (*1) handed their objection to the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) at its Representative Office in Jakarta....
more(Financial Times, Tokyo, 14 June 2016) Japanese investment in Asean infrastructure is set to rise. The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) has changed its lending rules to allow higher risk investment through a special account... Power and transport infrastructure projects are...
more(Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, 22 October 2015) We have given a "climate grade" to key countries for their climate actions and new targets in the lead-in to the Paris climate agreement. Nobody is receiving top marks - an "A+" - but some countries are receiving failing grades. We...
more(ClimateWire, Washington, 27 October 2015) The Obama administration has crafted a deal with Japan to restrict financing for overseas coal projects, several sources told ClimateWire. The agreement is aimed at influencing other members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development...
more(FOE Japan, Tokyo, 25 September 2015) At the proposed project site of the controversial 2,000-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Batang, Central Java, Indonesia, further cases of human rights violations have been reported. On September 25, the undersigned 63 organizations from 20 countries,...
more(Reuters, Brussels, 27 July 2015) EU bosses are pushing to resolve a clash between industry and environmental policy with a new strategy to phase out funding to export coal technology to developing nations, ahead of a meeting of leading economic powers on the issue. The European Commission, the...
more(St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Brussels, 12 June 2015) Talks on phasing out a form of coal subsidies ended in stalemate as Japan, the biggest user of the aid, led calls for more time in defiance of this week's G7 pledge on fossil fuel subsidies, sources said. The Paris-based Organization for...
more(Cistran Finance, Chicago, 11 June 2014) A list of 23 banks and ECAs that will be financing the construction of SOCAR’s STAR oil refinery in the Aliaga port in Turkey was announced in an official ceremony last week. The list includes the following ECAs: Export Development Canada, JBIC, NEXI,...
more(Freight News, Piraeus Greece, 24 October 2014) The United States has challenged the Japanese government over moves to ramp up exports of coal-fired power technology and to offer cheap loans to lure buyers, according to a U.S. source with direct knowledge of the matter... Japan’s shipments of...
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