As banks flee coal, campaigners turn sights on gas
16-06-21 / by Jacob Atkins
Environmental campaign groups are switching their aim to public and private financing for natural gas...Coal Financing
World’s biggest coal exporters cry foul over financing
11-05-21 / by Jacob Atkins
Denied insurance, rebuffed loan applications and struggling to refinance: Australia’s coal export industry, the world’s...
Asia Pacific gap in new climate banking alliance
28-04-21 / by Jacob Atkins
A coalition of banks last week committed themselves to achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions...
New European export credit alliance nixes fossil fuel support
14-04-21 / by Jacob Atkins
Seven European countries have formally committed to ending export finance agency support for fossil fuel...
Australian lawmakers take aim at coal-shy banks, regulators
24-03-21 / by Jacob Atkins
Australian government MPs are set to grill banks and regulators over lending practices they believe...
Standard Chartered to stop all funding for new coal-fired plants
25-09-18 / by Finbarr Bermingham
Standard Chartered is to stop financing new coal-fired plants anywhere in the world, save where...
Do Japanese banks’ project pipelines conflict with shift in coal policy?
29-08-18 / by Finbarr Bermingham
Despite suggesting they would restrict their funding for coal projects, the project pipelines of Japan’s...
NAB becomes latest bank to dump coal financing
18-12-17 / by Finbarr Bermingham
National Australia Bank (NAB) has announced that it will stop funding new thermal coal projects,...
Bank fossil fuel financing falls 22% in 2016
28-06-17 / by Finbarr Bermingham
The level of extreme fossil fuel financing by banks fell by 22% in 2016, but...
AIIB makes backtrack on coal financing
08-02-17 / by Finbarr Bermingham
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has issued a draft energy strategy which suggests it...