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.
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Click below to download the full text of the 18 page ECA Watch gap analysis.
The full publication of this new 136 page report is available here.
Between 2015 and 2017, Finance & Trade Watch and Bankwatch, together with their national partners, researched...
(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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Unearthing the shadowy world of Export Credit Agencies. This report examines some of the problems with...
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Member States' Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) are undermining EU climate...
(June 4, 2008) While the threat of climate change and the urgent need for action become ever clearer, air transport and other polluting industries are expanding on a massive scale. Supposed green pioneers such as Germany are supporting the trade with public money it hands out through its...
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(January 25 2008) This new report explains how the Aarhus Convention...
(30 June 1999) This report from Nicholas Hildyard of Cornerhouse examines export credit agencies, corporate welfare and policy incoherence.
Summary: Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) are publicly-backed government agencies that give financial guarantees to...
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