(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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2016/01/27
Issue: Climate Change, Large Dams, OECD, Renewables
(International Rivers, Berkeley, 3 December 2015) At the Paris COP, 500 NGOs from 85 countries published a manifesto on 10 Reasons Why Climate Initiatives Should Not Include Large Hydropower Projects. The manifesto explicitly refers to the inclusion of large hydro projects in the special terms...
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2015/12/31
Issue: Climate Change
(Environmental Finance, London, 1 December 2015) The pledge of $100 billion by 2020 (from developed to developing countries) may be a nice round number for politicians to reference but it is, in fact, an arbitrary figure that is grounded in political, not scientific, analysis. And it is...
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2015/12/31
Issue: Climate Change
(The Examiner, 7 December 2015) Recently eleven banks including the World Bank, European Investment Bank and Credit Agricole, announced the launch of ‘Five Voluntary Principles for Mainstreaming Climate Actions Within Financial Institutions’. On Monday December 7, at the UNFCCC COP21 Climate...
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2015/11/30
Issue: Activists demand end of massive OECD support for fossil fuels, Climate Change, OECD
(Friends of the Earth, Paris, 18 November 2015) After nearly two years of discussions, the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development member countries have finally reached an agreement on reducing their support to some coal plants through their export credit agencies...
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2015/11/30
Country: Brazil
ECAs: Nippon Export and Investment Insurance, Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG, SACE S.p.A., UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: BRIC countries, Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Global Trade Review, London, 18 November 2015) Brazilian national oil company Petrobras has concluded negotiations with international export credit agencies (ECAs) for a total of US$1.84bn. According to a company statement, this financing will contribute towards its fundraising efforts...
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2015/11/18
Issue: Climate Change, OECD
Posted Nov. 18, 2015
PARIS, FRANCE – After nearly two years of discussions, the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development member countries have finally reached an agreement on reducing their support to some coal plants through their export credit agencies. The...
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2015/10/30
Country: Japan
ECAs: Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Nippon Export and Investment Insurance
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, 22 October 2015) We have given a "climate grade" to key countries for their climate actions and new targets in the lead-in to the Paris climate agreement. Nobody is receiving top marks - an "A+" - but some countries are receiving failing grades. We...
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2015/10/30
(CS Solutions Blog, 26 October 2015) International owner, operator and manager of LNG carriers, GasLog Ltd. has completed an export credit agency-backed debt financing of USD 1.3 billion with 14 banks for its newbuilding program. The so called Newbuild Facility will include eight... more
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(CS Solutions Blog, 26 October 2015) International owner, operator and manager of LNG carriers, GasLog Ltd. has completed an export credit agency-backed debt financing of USD 1.3 billion with 14 banks for its newbuilding program. The so called Newbuild Facility will include eight...
2015/10/30
Country: Japan, USA
ECAs: Export-Import Bank of the United States, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, Nippon Export and Investment Insurance
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(ClimateWire, Washington, 27 October 2015) The Obama administration has crafted a deal with Japan to restrict financing for overseas coal projects, several sources told ClimateWire. The agreement is aimed at influencing other members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development...
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2015/09/30
Country: Japan
ECAs: Japan Bank for International Cooperation
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(FOE Japan, Tokyo, 25 September 2015) At the proposed project site of the controversial 2,000-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Batang, Central Java, Indonesia, further cases of human rights violations have been reported. On September 25, the undersigned 63 organizations from 20 countries,...
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2015/09/30
Country: France
ECAs: COFACE
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(FOE France, Paris, 30 September 2015) Today's publication of new criteria for coal-fired power plant financing by French bank Crédit Agricole suggests that the bank will be unable to finance the controversial €800 million Plomin C coal power plant in Croatia, campaign groups beleive. The...
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2015/09/30
Country: China, Japan, USA
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Reuters, London, 30 September 2015) China's promise to curb public funding of "highly polluting projects" has isolated Japan and increased the pressure to close a deal to phase-out coal export subsidies after months of wrangling. The Paris-based Organisation for Economic Cooperation and...
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2015/08/29
Country: China
Issue: Activists demand end of massive OECD support for fossil fuels, Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Reuters, Singapore, 5 August 2015) Chinese banks are leading a group of lenders in financing a 300 MW coal-fired power plant in Zambia that is needed to meet rising demand from miners and an electricity-starved public... The new power plant is part of an $828 million project that includes...
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2015/08/29
Country: Germany
Issue: Activists demand end of massive OECD support for fossil fuels, Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(ClimateWire, 13 August 2015) In the northern Greek city of Ptolemaida, a new 660-megawatt power plant that burns lignite, a plentiful soft brown coal, is scheduled to be built by 2020. The European Investment Bank has withdrawn funding from the project because of its high CO2 emissions and...
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