(New York Times, Kampala, 8 April 2022) Vanessa Nakate, Ugandan climate justice activist, notes that this week, the panel of climate experts convened by the UN delivered a clear message: To stand a chance of curbing dangerous climate change, we can’t afford to build more fossil fuel...
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2022/04/29
ECAs: Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Climate Change, End Coal Financing, Human Rights, Oil, Gas and Mining
2021/12/31
Country: China, Germany, Italy, Russia
ECAs: Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Reuters, Moscow, 8 December 2021) Russia's Amur Gas Chemical Complex (Amur GCC) has secured $9.1 billion in loans maturing in 2035, Sibur, which co-owns the plant with China's Sinopec, said in a statement on Wednesday. International banks will provide $2.6 billion for the Amur GCC with...
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2021/09/29
Country: Germany
ECAs: Euler Hermes Deutschland AG
Issue: Climate Change, Human Rights, Oil, Gas and Mining
Member: urgewald
(Urgewald, Berlin, 15 September 2021) A new report by the environmental organisations urgewald and Deutsche Umwelt-Hilfe (DUH) shows that the German government is supporting climate-damaging oil and gas projects with guarantees worth billions of euros. In the report, the organisations examine...
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2021/09/29
Country: Germany
ECAs: Euler Hermes Deutschland AG
Issue: Climate Change, Human Rights, Oil, Gas and Mining
Member: urgewald
Berlin 15.09.2021
A new report by the environmental organisations urgewald and Deutsche Umwelt-Hilfe (DUH) shows that the German government is supporting climate-damaging oil and gas projects with guarantees worth billions of euros.
- German government provides support for oil...
2021/07/29
Country: France, Germany, Italy
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Sky News, London, 16 July 2021) As deadly flooding ravages parts of Germany, the country's government is still considering massive investment in a Russian-led gas project known as Arctic LNG II. Germany has been accused of "pure play hypocrisy" for complaining of the impacts of climate change...
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2021/05/30
Country: France, Germany, Italy, Russia
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Reuters, London, 18 May 2021) A group of mostly Green Party lawmakers from the European Parliament on Wednesday urged the leaders of Germany, France and Italy not to support a Russian Arctic liquefied natural gas (LNG) project due to climate change concerns. The $21 billion project, led by...
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2020/12/29
Country: United Kingdom
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, SACE S.p.A., UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Sydney Morning Herald, London, 12 December 2020) British taxpayers will stop subsidising overseas fossil fuel projects under a pledge by Prime Minister Boris Johnson which opens a new front in the push for more urgent international action on climate change. Johnson will announce the "world-...
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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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2020/09/28
Country: Canada, Germany
ECAs: Euler Hermes Deutschland AG
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(Business Wire, Saskatoon, 31 August 2020) Gensource Potash Corporation, a Canadian fertilizer development company focused on sustainable potash production, announces the successful completion of the next major milestone for its Tugaske Project. Gensource has now received approval of its...
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2019/01/30
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(AzerNews, Baku, 11 January 2019) A consortium for the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) construction has successfully completed the financial closure of the project in 2018,...
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2018/07/28
Country: France, Germany, Italy
ECAs: Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Climate Change, Oil, Gas and Mining
(Azernews, New York, 28 July 2018) A presentation titled “Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) Gas Pipeline: A new energy Great Silk Road to provide access to reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all” was organized at the headquarters of the United Nations Development Program (...
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2017/10/31
Country: China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Sweden
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, EXIM Bank China, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining, Transparency
(ECA Watch, Ottawa, 30 October 2017) French ECA BPI has announced a €350 million guarantee contract with TechnipFMC for the development of the controversial $27 billion Yamal LNG project in Russia's far north. German Japanese,...
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2017/06/30
Country: China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, USA
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, EXIM Bank China, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(Your Oil & Gas News, Edinburgh, 1 June 2017) Yamal LNG announced the signing of agreements with several European banks, inter alia Raiffeisen Bank International AG and Intesa Sanpaolo for up to 425 million with insurance coverage provided by the Swedish export credit agency EKN and the...
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2017/04/27
Country: China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia
ECAs: COFACE, Euler Hermes Deutschland AG, EXIM Bank China, Japan Bank for International Cooperation, SACE S.p.A.
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(Kyiv Post, Moscow, 21 April 2017) The German and Swedish export credit agencies have decided to take part in the Yamal LNG project, Novatek CEO Leonid Mikhelson said during the annual general meeting of shareholders. The cost of the project is $27 billion. Yamal LNG has signed credit...
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2016/05/31
Country: Australia, Germany
ECAs: Euler Hermes Deutschland AG
Issue: Oil, Gas and Mining
(The Australian, Canberra, 5 May 2016) The Germans missed out on the Australian submarines contract to the French. But it looks as if they are about to get deeply involved in the $970 million Mount Peake vanadium-titanium-iron project in the Northern Territory, owned by ASX-listed TNG.TNG went...
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