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Press Release

Five Years Lost - How the Finance Industry is Blowing the Paris Carbon Budget

Paris, December 10, 2020

NGO report highlights companies pushing forward 12 new fossil fuel mega-projects
Affiliated emissions would use up most of the remaining carbon budget
Financiers provided $1.6 trillion in loans and underwriting to these companies since January 2016
As of August 2020, investors owned $1.1 trillion in bonds and shares in these companies

Press Release

NGOs Release the 2020 Global Coal Exit List:  935 Companies that Banks,  Investors and Insurers Need to Avoid

Berlin, November 12, 2020

Almost half of the companies featured on the 2020 GCEL are in expansion mode
Less than 25 companies on the list have adopted a coal phase-out date
More than 500 GW of new coal-fired capacity are still in the global pipeline

Press Release

Documentary Release: Exxon, The World Bank, and One of the Biggest Oil Discoveries of our Time

Berlin, Washington D.C., October 16, 2020

Documentary sheds light on World Bank activities in Guyana
The Bank got involved following one of the biggest crude discoveries of our time
Exxon and a dozen other oil companies are hoping to extract more than 8 billion barrels of oil

World Bank Annual Meeting: Bank invested over  $10.5 billion in fossil fuels since Paris Agreement

Berlin, Washington D.C. , October 12, 2020

World Bank provides assistance and finance for fossils despite climate pledge
Energy transition too slow to avert climate crisis
Ongoing fossil fuel investments push world past 1.5°C global warming

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IFC adopts Urgewald’s Global Coal Exit List and recommends list to all its clients

Washington D.C., Berlin, September 21, 2020

IFC has vowed to adopt the NGO’s coal exit criteria for Green Equity Approach
The corporation urges clients to screen their coal exposure against the list
Similar exit from oil and gas must follow immediately

Press Release

New analysis tool sheds light on financial institutions' coal policies

Berlin, Paris , September 8, 2020

Climate finance experts reveal major loopholes in hundreds of financial institutions' coal policies
New online tool exposes banks, insurers, asset owners and asset managers with no restrictions on coal
Weak policies could lead to expansion of coal industry if left unchecked

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Five Years Lost - How the Finance Industry is Blowing the Paris Carbon Budget

NGOs Release the 2020 Global Coal Exit List: 935 Companies that Banks, Investors and Insurers Need to Avoid

Documentary Release: Exxon, The World Bank, and One of the Biggest Oil Discoveries of our Time

World Bank Annual Meeting: Bank invested over $10.5 billion in fossil fuels since Paris Agreement

IFC adopts Urgewald’s Global Coal Exit List and recommends list to all its clients

New analysis tool sheds light on financial institutions' coal policies

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NGOs Release the 2020 Global Coal Exit List:  935 Companies that Banks,  Investors and Insurers Need to Avoid

World Bank Annual Meeting: Bank invested over  $10.5 billion in fossil fuels since Paris Agreement