(Guardian, London, 7 December 016) Congress quashed the hopes late Tuesday of reviving the United States’ export credit agency, which had been aiming for a stopgap lifeline allowing them to approve more than $20bn in new deals, many of which pose imminent harms to the environment. Now, the fate...
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(TFX News, London, 12 December 2016) ECAs are to offer guarantees for two LNG projects in Mozambique, as commercial lenders watch closely to see how talks progress between the government and the IMF before committing to the project. Export credit agencies (ECAs),...
more(Guardian, 30 November 2106, Washington) resident Barack Obama has staked his legacy on the environment, positioning his administration as the most progressive on climate change in US history. However, an obscure agency within his own administration has quietly spoiled his record by helping...
more(Lexology Newsfeed, 5 October 2016) On 17 November 2015, members of the OECD which are party to the OECD Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits (the Arrangement), agreed to a new sector understanding that limits the availability of export credit finance for less environmentally...
more(Climate Change News, London, 14 October 2016) The Export-Import Bank of Korea (Korea Exim) has drawn sharp criticism from Saudi Arabia for withdrawing its application to be a conduit for climate funding, days after protests attacked its history of financing coal. The board of the Green Climate...
more(Stockhouse Publishing, Vancouver, 6 May 2016) China's Yudean Group joins Attarat Power Company as a strategic investor in the Attarat Power Company (APCO) a subsidiary of Eesti Energia of Estonia, the world's biggest oil shale to energy company. Yudean has agreed to purchase 45% of the shares...
more(WWF, Brussels, 8 March 2016) A WWF short brief to the OECD's Export Credit Working Group (ECG) highlights scientific research showing that new coal plants are not compatible with 1.5/2°C climate change scenarios, and what this should mean in terms of implementation of the OECD sector...
more(WWF, Brussels, 8 March 2016) A WWF short brief to the OECD's Export Credit Working Group (ECG) highlights scientific research showing that new coal plants are not compatible with 1.5/2°C climate change scenarios, and what this should mean in terms of implementation of the...
more(Sabanci University, Istanbul, Novermber 2015) A November 2015 report from the Sabancı University Istanbul Policy Center recently translated to English addresses the current status of coal in Turkey as an energy and greenhouse gas source, its impacts on health, the association between...
more(Trade & Export Finance, London, 8 February 2016) Low prices and dwindling sources of finance are forcing coal producers to turn increasingly to export credit agencies (ECAs) to support their capital needs. But ECAs and their governments, increasingly driven by environmental concerns, show...
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