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

Paris | December 10th, 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

Cutting off finance for coal is how Asian economies prove net-zero worth

Berlin | Nov 12th 2020,

More than half of the companies on the GCEL 2020 are based in Asia
Net-zero goals increase pressure on financial institutions in China, Japan, and South Korea
Investors, banks, and insurers in risk undermining their countries’ respective net-zero goals

Press Release

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

Berlin | November 12th 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

Coal Moratorium in the Philippines Could Herald  Energy Transition in Asia

Manila | October 30th 2020,

Department of energy announced moratorium on new coal plants
This could result in the cancellation of over 13 GW of new coal plants
Philippines currently have world’s 7th biggest coal plant pipeline

Press Release

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

Berlin, Washington D.C. | October 16th 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

Press Release

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

Berlin, Washington D.C. | October 12th 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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Five Years Lost - How the Finance Industry is Blowing the Paris Carbon Budget

Cutting off finance for coal is how Asian economies prove net-zero worth

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

Coal Moratorium in the Philippines Could Herald Energy Transition in Asia

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

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

Coal Moratorium in the Philippines Could Herald  Energy Transition in Asia

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