(Argus Media, Berlin, 29 January 2025) Export credit agencies’ green financing largely favors wealthy countries, leaving developing nations behind in the global energy transition. Critics call for more inclusive support to help emerging economies adopt sustainable infrastructure.
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2024/12/31
Country: Italy
ECAs: SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Climate Change
(The Nation Online, Lagos, 5 December 2024) In continuation of existing partnerships between the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the Italian government under the “Mattei Plan”, a $6b investment deal has been signed to sustain the development of initiatives with Africa’s public and private...
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2024/12/31
ECAs: Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Sinosure
Issue: BRIC countries, Climate Change, Debt, Renewables
(Africa Development Bank, Abidjan, 4 December 2024) The African Development Bank Group hosted a high-profile meeting of global insurers, export credit agencies and institutional investors to explore innovative risk-sharing solutions on the sidelines of the Africa Investment Forum Market Days...
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2024/12/31
Issue: Climate Change, European Union, G20, OECD, Oil, Gas and Mining, Renewables
(UN Environment Program, Baku, 4 December 2024) COP29 held in Baku, Azerbaijan, offered an important opportunity for governments and other global stakeholders to put in place the mechanisms, tools and signals required for countries to continue implementing their contributions to the Paris...
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2024/12/31
Country: France, USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Africa Confidential, Cambridge, 20 December 2024) France’s TotalEnergies is making a final push to win United States funding for its liquefied natural gas project in northern Mozambique before Donald J Trump is inaugurated US President on 20 January. Total wants to restart the project held up...
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2024/12/31
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Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing, European Union, OECD, Oil, Gas and Mining, Renewables
Member: Oil Change International
(Oil Change Int'l, Washington, 20 December 2024) OECD members have failed to pass a landmark deal to end over $40 billion in public subsidies to fossil fuels. Despite last-ditch attempts by senior government and ...
2024/11/30
Issue: BRIC countries, Climate Change, End Coal Financing, European Union, Oil, Gas and Mining, Renewables
(Global Trade Review, London, 27 November 2024) The two-week-long UN Climate Change Conference (Cop29) ended last week with a contentious pledge by wealthy countries to increase climate finance. While the commitment was criticised by developing nations as insufficient, objections from some of...
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2024/11/30
Country: China, USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Climate Change
(Washington Examiner, Washington, 10 November 2024) The U.S. Export-Import Bank faces scrutiny over a $2.5 billion giveaway to green energy development in Angola that benefits foreign companies with ties to China and the Angolan president, despite the bank’s claims that it will support...
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2024/11/30
Country: Australia, Canada, Norway, United Kingdom, USA
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing, Oil, Gas and Mining, Renewables
Member: Friends of the Earth USA
(Friends of the Earth, Washington, 21 November 2024) Today at the conclusion of the OECD Export Credit Group negotiations, participating nations failed to reach an agreement on fossil fuel finance, despite scientists’ repeated calls for urgent climate action. While no formal conclusion has been...
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2024/11/30
Country: USA
ECAs: Atradius, Bpifrance, COFACE, Denmark EKF, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, Export Development Canada, Export-Import Bank of the United States, SACE S.p.A., Swiss Export Risk Insurance, UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
Member: Oil Change International
(Philadelphia Tribune, 22 November 2024) The EU, U.S. and other countries are hammering out a plan to throttle tens of billions of dollars of financial support for foreign oil and gas projects, weeks before President-elect Donald Trump moves into the White House. Negotiators are working toward...
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2024/11/30
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States, Sinosure
Issue: BRIC countries, Climate Change, Renewables, Transparency
(BNN Bloomberg, Toronto, 19 November 2024) Colombia is hurrying to land a deal with the US that would unlock the first tranches of cash for a $40 billion climate investment plan before Donald Trump takes office. If that push fails, then China could be an option. Susana Muhamad, Colombia’s...
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2024/10/31
Country: USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining, Renewables, Transparency
(Hacker News, Mountain View CA, 17 October 2024) As mounting climate concerns cause extreme weather events, & global efforts intensify to keep warming below 1.5°C, Oxfam calls on the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) to cease funding fossil fuel projects to instead champion...
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2024/10/31
Country: Malaysia, USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining, Transparency
(Bloomberg, New York, 11 October 2024) The US Export-Import Bank authorized a $690 million loan to help build a petrochemical plant in Malaysia, despite objections from climate activists who say the project flouts Biden-Harris administration promises to halt financing for fossil fuel projects...
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2024/10/31
Issue: Climate Change, European Union, OECD, Oil, Gas and Mining, Renewables
Member: Bank Track, Friends of the Earth USA, Oil Change International
(Global Trade Review, London, 14 October 2024) Ahead of crunch talks within the OECD Arrangement, climate groups are pressuring the US, Korea and Japan to agree to a comprehensive proposal that would halt billions of dollars in fossil fuel financing each year. In recent days, over 40...
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2024/10/31
Country: Korea, USA
ECAs: Export Import Bank of Korea
Issue: Climate Change
(Korea Joongang Daily, Seoul, 16 October 2024) The Korea Trade Insurance Corporation granted $1.35 billion in export financing to Hyundai Motor's $5.5 billion EV manufacturing facility in Georgia, which began partial operation in early October. The financing was decided to help Hyundai "...
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