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2022/11/30

CSOs demand reduced OECD ECA support for oil and gas

(Price of Oil, Washington, November 2022) This document signed by 54 international civil society organizations outlines how the OECD Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits can align with the Paris Agreement warming target of 1.5°C by placing restrictions on export support for oil...

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Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing, OECD, Oil, Gas and Mining, Renewables Member: Bank Track, Both ENDS, Friends of the Earth Japan, Friends of the Earth USA, Jubilee Australia, Les Amis de la Terre, Oil Change International, Re:Common, urgewald

2021/10/31

JBIC and Private Banks Must Reconsider Decision to Finance LNG Canada Project

(Friends of the Earth Japan, Tokyo, 29 October 2021) The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), a public financial institution fully owned by the Government of Japan, announced in a press release today that it has decided to provide up to US $850 million for the LNG Canada Project....

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Country: Canada, Japan ECAs: Japan Bank for International Cooperation Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining 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

2017/03/30

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

2016/11/30

Stopping coal financing for Indonesian coal plants is crucial in the fight against climate change

(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...

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

Letters & statements 2014/06/10

Press release - International NGO Call on Goverments to #EndCoalFinance

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

11 June 2014

International NGOs Call on Governments to #EndCoalFinance

On Monday, June 16 the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)’s Export Credit Group will meet to discuss...

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Issue: Climate Change, Common Approaches, European Union, OECD, Oil, Gas and Mining Member: Both ENDS, Corner House, Counter Current, Finance & Trade Watch, Euronatura, FERN, Friends of the Earth Japan, Above Ground, Les Amis de la Terre, Observatory on Debt in Globalization, , Re:Common, urgewald

2013/10/31

Civil Society groups request ECAs discontinue financing of coal projects

September 13, 2013

Participants to the Export Credit Arrangement
Members of the Export Credit Group

To the Participants and the Members:

We are writing to...