(Financial Management Magazine, Durham, 4 November 2022) As noted in our October What's New, ten European countries had agreed to spell out this year how they will limit export finance support for overseas fossil fuel projects. But they shelved...
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2022/11/29
Country: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom, USA
ECAs: Atradius, Bpifrance, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, Export Development Canada, Export-Import Bank of the United States, SACE S.p.A., UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change, Common Approaches, End Coal Financing, European Union, OECD, Oil, Gas and Mining, Transparency
Member: Friends of the Earth USA, Oil Change International
2022/09/28
Country: Canada, France, Germany, USA
ECAs: Bpifrance, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, Export Development Canada, Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Climate Change, Common Approaches, End Coal Financing, European Union, Oil, Gas and Mining
Member: Oil Change International
(Oil Change International, Washington, 26 September 2022) the French Government has published a new policy that restricts public finance for fossil fuels from the French export credit agency, BPIFrance. This policy is meant to implement France’s commitment to end international public finance...
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2021/06/29
Country: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, USA
ECAs: UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing, Oil, Gas and Mining, Transparency
(Global Trade Review, London, 16 June 2021) Environmental campaign groups are switching their aim to public and private financing for natural gas projects as they get closer to winning the battle over thermal coal. But the only firm commitments on financing have been on thermal coal, where the...
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2021/04/28
Country: Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, USA
ECAs: COFACE, Denmark EKF, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, Export Development Canada, Export-Import Bank of the United States, UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change
(Oil Change International, Washington, 15 April 2011) In response to the launch of a new Export Finance for the Future coalition (E3F), 21 civil society organizations (CSOs) from 14 countries...
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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
(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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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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2020/07/29
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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2019/11/29
Country: France, India, Japan, United Kingdom, USA
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Hydrocarbons Technology, London, 27 November 2019) The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a $400m loan to support construction of the integrated liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant and liquefaction facility in Mozambique. The Mozambique LNG Area 1 Project is led by the French...
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2018/07/28
Country: Netherlands, USA
Issue: Climate Change, Human Rights, Oil, Gas and Mining, Transparency
Member: Bank Track
(Tampa Bay Times, Bismark, 26 July 2018) A federal judge has ruled that the developer of the Dakota Access oil pipeline has no claim under federal racketeering law for damages against a Dutch environmental group that urged banks not to finance the $3.8 billion project. U.S. District Judge Billy...
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2018/01/31
Country: Japan, United Kingdom, USA
ECAs: Japan Bank for International Cooperation, UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Bloomberg, London, 9 January 2018) Saudi Arabian Oil Co. is seeking a $2 billion loan from Japan’s export-credit agency, three people with knowledge of the matter said, as competition for a role in potentially the world’s largest initial share offering heats up. A deal would make the Japanese...
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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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2014/06/30
Country: Netherlands, United Kingdom, USA
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Reuters, Washington, 16 June 2014) The United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands will float a plan this week requiring new coal-fired power plants to meet a carbon pollution standard in order to receive public funding from the world's wealthiest countries, according to a draft seen by...
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2014/02/28
Country: France, USA
ECAs: COFACE, Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
Member: Les Amis de la Terre
(Friends of the Earth France, Paris 10 February 2014) Tomorrow French President Francois Hollande will meet US President Barack Obama. Last year, Mr Obama announced the end of US public financing for new coal-fired power plants overseas, he now wants other developed countries to follow suit. In...
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2014/02/28
Country: France, USA
ECAs: COFACE, Export-Import Bank of the United States
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
Member: Les Amis de la Terre
Friends of the Earth France has urged President Hollande and his government to end French support for coal-fired power plants via its export credit agency Coface and the various multilateral development banks in which it plays a significant role...
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2013/07/29
Country: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, USA
Issue: Climate Change
(US State Department, Washington, 11 April 2013) Ministers and senior officials from more than a dozen donor countries met in Washington, D.C. on April 10-11 to discuss ways to meet the challenge of scaling up low-carbon investment in developing countries. The meeting was convened and chaired...
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