(Global Trade Review, London, 31 March 2021) French energy major Total has been forced to suspend operations at its liquified natural gas (LNG) project in northern Mozambique for the second time this year, after a fresh attack by insurgents which killed dozens of local and foreign citizens,...
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2021/03/31
Country: China, France, India, Japan, Korea, United Kingdom, USA
ECAs: COFACE, Export Import Bank of Korea, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change, Human Rights, Oil, Gas and Mining
2021/03/30
Country: China, Japan
ECAs: EXIM Bank China
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing
(Global Trade Review, London, 3 March 2021) Overseas energy financing from Chinese policy banks plummeted last year in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, a new report says, as pressure builds on Beijing to drop its zest for coal projects in developing countries. According to data from Boston...
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2021/03/30
Country: Australia
Issue: Climate Change
(Lexology, London, 8 March 2021) Hydrogen can be put to uses such as fuel cells for remote and emergency power or in the vehicle and transport sector, replacement feedstock for ammonia production, as reticulated natural gas replacement or to supply electricity markets. Global decarbonisation...
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2021/03/30
Country: Australia, USA
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Lexology, London, 15 March 2021) As demand for critical minerals and rare earths soars due to their importance to future facing technologies and 2050 net zero pledges, 2021 is poised to be a breakout year for critical mineral and rare earth projects in Australia, provided project proponents...
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2021/03/29
Country: China, France, Japan, South Africa, United Kingdom
Issue: Climate Change, Human Rights, Oil, Gas and Mining, Transparency
(Construction and Civil Engineering News, Nairobi, 2 March 2021) More than 260 organisations have urged banks not to finance the $3.5 billion project, saying the project could lead to the loss of community land and livelihoods, environmental destruction and surging carbon emissions. Nearly a...
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2021/02/28
Country: China
ECAs: EXIM Bank China
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing, Oil, Gas and Mining, Transparency
(Global Development Policy Center, Boston, 12 February 2021) In 2020, China’s two development banks with global operations — the China Development Bank (CDB) and the Export-Import Bank of China (CHEXIM) — recorded $4.6 billion of overseas energy sector finance. This represents a decrease of 43...
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2021/01/31
Country: China, Japan, Korea
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing
(New Statesman, London, 25 January 2021) The sun may be setting on coal-fired power in Europe and North America, but its persistence in Asia threatens global climate targets. Crucial to that darkening outlook is the growing difficulty that coal-fired power plants face in raising finance....
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2021/01/30
Country: Japan
ECAs: Export Import Bank of Korea, Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing
Member: Friends of the Earth Japan
(FOE Japan, Tokyo, 29 January 2021) JBIC, a public financial institution, announced it's decision on December 28 to provide project financing of up to US $636 million to the Vung Ang 2 coal-fired power generation project in Vietnam. The private-sector financial institutions participating in the...
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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
(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: 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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2020/11/30
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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2020/09/29
Country: China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing, Oil, Gas and Mining, Renewables
(Reuters, London, 18 September 2020) International lenders have lined up about $9.5 billion in financial support for a Russian Arctic liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, a document seen by Reuters showed, even as such projects come under greater scrutiny over climate concerns. The $21 billion...
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2020/07/30
Country: Japan
ECAs: Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Nippon Export and Investment Insurance
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing, Oil, Gas and Mining, Renewables
(Global Trade Review, London, 15 July 2020) The Japanese government has tightened its lending criteria for overseas coal-fired power plants, including that it will not provide financial support for any host country that does not have a decarbonisation policy. However, it will continue...
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2020/07/29
Country: France, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, South Africa, United Kingdom, USA
ECAs: Atradius, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Nippon Export and Investment Insurance, SACE S.p.A., UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Climate Change News, London, 10 July 2020) A decade after prospectors struck gas off Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique, a consortium led by Total is signing contracts worth $16 billion to exploit it. One of the biggest investments in Africa, the project to extract, liquefy and export gas...
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2020/06/29
Country: Canada, China
ECAs: EXIM Bank China, Export Development Canada, Sinosure
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
Member: Above Ground, Friends of the Earth USA
(Above Ground, Ottawa, 15 June 2020) A recent report from Oil Change International and Friends of the Earth U.S. reveals that...
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