Press Release 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