(Korea Times, Seoul, 14 December 2020) The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Eximbank) said Monday it will provide $500 million (545 billion won) in financial support for a major integrated liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Mozambique. The project financing by the state-run lender is aimed at...
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2020/12/30
Country: Italy, Japan, Korea, USA
ECAs: Export Import Bank of Korea, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Climate Change, Corruption, Debt, Human Rights, Oil, Gas and Mining
2020/12/30
Country: China, Japan, Korea
Issue: Climate Change, Renewables
(Webwire, Tokyo, 15 December 2020) A report from Greenpeace Japan identifies a US$205 billion opportunity for [ECA] renewable energy finance in...
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2020/12/29
Issue: Climate Change
(Reuters, London, 16 December 2020) Many of the world’s biggest lenders to shipping companies fell short of carbon-cutting targets last year in the first analysis of CO2 goals for the sector. Global shipping accounts for nearly 3% of the world’s CO2 emissions and the industry is under pressure...
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2020/12/29
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining, Renewables
(Daily Monitor, Kampala, 30 November 2020) In the wake of Covid-19, there is need for governments to ensure a just recovery and transition to low-carbon energy systems for economic and social recovery. Clearly, the government continues to fail Ugandans in-terms of current fossil fuels...
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2020/12/29
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, SACE S.p.A., UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Sydney Morning Herald, London, 12 December 2020) British taxpayers will stop subsidising overseas fossil fuel projects under a pledge by Prime Minister Boris Johnson which opens a new front in the push for more urgent international action on climate change. Johnson will announce the "world-...
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2020/11/30
ECAs: COFACE
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(AFP, Paris 15 November 2020) Energy firms are undertaking financially risky natural gas extraction projects from the Arctic to Africa made feasible by government-backed loans and guarantees, jeopardising efforts to curb global warming, experts say. As pressure from the public and investors to...
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2020/11/30
Issue: Climate Change
(Climate Home News, Kent, 6 November 2020) Donor countries mobilised $78.9 billion of climate aid in 2018, but developing nations are expected to pay back nearly three quarters of the money. Financial support to help the most vulnerable countries adapt to intensifying climate impacts continues...
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2020/11/30
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing, Large Dams
Member: Both ENDS
(Both Ends, Amsterdam, 11 November 2020) Many industrialised nations are switching to renewable energy at home. But while they commit to phasing out fossil fuel energy domestically, these commitments are abandoned outside their borders, where they continue to push dirty energy, thus...
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2020/11/30
Country: Brazil, China, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, USA
ECAs: Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Issue: Climate Change
(Automotive News Europe, Detroit, 26 November 2020) Japan's state-owned export credit agency has agreed to give Nissan up to $2 billion as part of a credit agreement to help it finance car sales in the U.S. The money should help Nissan to sell cars in the world's second-biggest auto market...
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2020/10/28
Country: South Africa
Issue: Climate Change, Human Rights, Oil, Gas and Mining
(New Frame, Johannesburg, 20 October 2020) Do transnational fossil fuel corporations promote defence spending over social investment? A long read about a complex situation where export credit agencies have supported hugh MNC oil and gas developments.
2020/10/28
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change, Renewables
(Energy Voice, London, 15 October 2020) The credit export wing of the UK Government could support tens of thousands of jobs in the coming years if it switched its focus from oil and gas to renewables, according to a new study....
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2020/10/28
Country: France, Italy, Korea
ECAs: Export Import Bank of Korea, Export-Import Bank of the United States, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Energy Intelligence Finance, New York, 30 September 2020) French TNC Total's CEO Patrick Pouyanne has emphasized that Africa will be at the "heart" of the company's long-term energy transition plans. Africa has long been a rich source of cash flow for Total (...
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2020/10/28
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing, European Union, OECD, Oil, Gas and Mining, Renewables
(Christian Aid, London, 20 October 2020) This new report warns that post-Covid stimulus packages are in danger of widening global inequality and pushing poorer countries to turn to fossil fuels, which would threaten the success of the UK’s COP26 climate summit. The world stands at a crucial...
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2020/09/30
Country: France, Germany, South Africa, Sweden
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing
(Swedwatch, Stockholm, 25 September 2020) The coal industry is well-known for its serious climate implications and effects on local communities. Still, European export credits have contributed to expand the coal industry in countries already dependent on coal, including South Africa, a new...
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2020/09/29
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Associated Press, Kampala, 13 September 2020) Uganda and Tanzania have signed an agreement for the construction of what they say will be the world’s longest heated oil pipeline, linking Uganda’s planned oil fields in the country’s west to the Indian Ocean port of Tanga. Construction of the 897...
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