(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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2016/12/30
Country: USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
2016/12/30
ECAs: COFACE, EXIM Bank China, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Climate Change, Human Rights, Oil, Gas and Mining
(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),...
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2016/11/30
Country: Australia, India, United Kingdom, USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(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...
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2016/10/31
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(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...
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2016/10/31
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(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...
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2016/06/28
Country: India, USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: BRIC countries, Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Business Standard, New Delhi, 17 June 2016) A US-based think tank today said the Bangladesh-India Maitree project could effectively end up in a financial mess. The coal-based power plant proposed to be built near the city of Khulna, close to the Sundarbans mangrove forest, is a joint venture...
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2016/05/31
Country: China, Malaysia
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(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...
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Briefings & reports from ECA watch members
2016/05/02
Issue: Climate Change, OECD, Oil, Gas and Mining
(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...
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2016/04/30
Issue: Climate Change, OECD, Oil, Gas and Mining
(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...
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2016/04/30
Country: Turkey
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(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...
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2016/02/26
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(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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