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New Study: The Money Trail Behind Fossil Fuel Expansion in Latin America & the Caribbean

Berlin, Brasília, Buenos Aires, Mexico City 01.10.2025

Five weeks before the UN Climate Summit in Belém, a new report maps the frontiers and the financiers of fossil fuel expansion across Latin America and the Caribbean. The report is published by Urgewald (Germany), Arayara International Institute (Brazil), FARN (Argentina), Conexiones Climáticas (Mexico), and Amazon Watch (US/Peru/Ecuador). The release is accompanied by an online fossil fuel expansion monitor and a finance dashboard. 

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Big banks are providing more than twice as much finance for fossil fuels as for sustainable sources, according to new analysis published today by Reclaim Finance, Urgewald and partners, comparing for the first time finance for fossil fuels with finance for sustainable power. The analysis shows that the big German banks are not on track when it comes to financing the energy transition. Reclaim Finance and Urgewald are urging the banks to set targets for reducing their financing for fossil fuels, with an immediate end to all support for fossil fuel expansion, while significantly increasing finance for sustainable alternatives, particularly in the power sector. 

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Urgewald is among the first endorsers of a petition urging the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank Group (WBG) to uphold their decades-long stance against financing nuclear power. The WBG President Ajay Banga officially changed course on June 10, while ADB is currently reviewing its energy policy, with strong indications it will open the door to nuclear projects as well.

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  • Urgewald analysis: KENFO's fossil fuel investments have increased slightly
  • Management purports "reduction of carbon intensity"
  • Companies in KENFO’s portfolio have massive fossil fuel expansion plans 
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Local chiefs and Mozambique and international NGOs warn that current inquiries lack independence and fail to guarantee justice and protection for victims. They call for an investigation led by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, as the only way to ensure a fair, impartial, safe and victim-centred process. The inquiry should also investigate members of the Joint Task force in charge of protecting the site of TotalEnergies Mozambique LNG Project.