(Global Witness, London, 10 October 208) On the week that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has released its report on the scale of the challenge to limit the dangers of climate change, the near-simulanteous announcement of new UK Government support for oil and gas abroad has been...
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2018/10/28
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining, Renewables, Transparency
2018/07/28
Country: Netherlands, USA
Issue: Climate Change, Human Rights, Oil, Gas and Mining, Transparency
Member: Bank Track
(Tampa Bay Times, Bismark, 26 July 2018) A federal judge has ruled that the developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline has no claim under federal racketeering law for damages against a Dutch environmental group that urged banks not to finance the $3.8 billion project. U.S. District Judge Billy...
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Briefings & reports from ECA watch members
2018/03/01
Issue: Climate Change, Common Approaches, Debt, European Union, OECD, Transparency, World Trade Organization
The full publication of this new 136 page report is available here.
Between 2015 and 2017, Finance & Trade Watch and Bankwatch, together with their national partners, researched...
2018/02/28
Issue: Climate Change, Common Approaches, Debt, European Union, Human Rights, OECD, Transparency
Member: Bank Track, Finance & Trade Watch
(Finance & Trade Watch and CEE Bankwatch, Dec. 2017) Export credits are big business. Members of the industry’s Berne Union, both state and private, insured approximately USD 1.9 trillion per year between 2012 and 2016, of which USD1 trillion was state ECA insured. That amount far...
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2017/11/30
Issue: Climate Change, European Union, OECD, Transparency
(CEE Bankwatch Network, Prague, 22 November 2017) In 2015-2017 Finance & Trade Watch and CEE Bankwatch Network together with its national partners researched export credit agencies (ECAs) in seven countries of the European Union (Austria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Romania...
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2016/09/29
Country: Australia
ECAs: Export Finance and Insurance Corporation
Issue: Climate Change, Common Approaches, OECD, Renewables, Transparency
(Jubilee Australia, Sydney, 9 September 2016) The Jubilee Australia Research Centre and Oxfam Australia have submitted comments on Efic Policies and Procedures for environmental and social review of transactions prior to a 2016 government review. They note that, although Efic’s approach to...
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Briefings & reports from ECA watch members
2013/04/19
Issue: Climate Change, Corruption, Large Dams, Pulp and Paper, Transparency
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Unearthing the shadowy world of Export Credit Agencies. This report examines some of the problems with...
Briefings & reports from ECA watch members
2008/01/25
Issue: Climate Change, European Union, Transparency
Member: FERN
(January 25 2008) This new report explains how the Aarhus Convention...
Letters & statements
2002/11/02
Issue: Climate Change, Corruption, Transparency
(November 1, 2002) Press release calling for an overhaul of ECA policies.
Briefings & reports from ECA watch members
1999/06/30
Issue: Arms Trade, Climate Change, Debt, Human Rights, Large Dams, Oil, Gas and Mining, Transparency
Member: Corner House
(30 June 1999) This report from Nicholas Hildyard of Cornerhouse examines export credit agencies, corporate welfare and policy incoherence.
Summary: Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) are publicly-backed government agencies that give financial guarantees to...
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