I en ny rapport kortlægger den franske NGO Reclaim Finance den internationale banksektors finansiering af kulindustrien, med et særligt fokus på amerikanske storbanker.
Ifølge rapporten står kinesiske banker for over halvdelen af finansieringen af kulindustrien, men amerikanske storbanker som JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley og Goldman Sachs er også dybt involveret i kulindustrien.
De pågældende amerikanske storbanker, der alle er medlemmer af finanssektorens globale klimaalliance Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ), yder ikke blot finansiering til eksisterende kulprojekter, men også til nye – hvilket synes at være i modstrid med anbefalingerne fra det Internationale Energiagentur.
Udklip fra rapporten:
”Since 2019, and until November 2021, US banks have provided US$207 billion to the coal industry, with US$40 billion to coal developers from JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, and Goldman Sachs alone.”
”For now, US banks’ net-zero commitments have had little to no impact to stop them from financing new coal projects: since joining the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) in 2021, they have continued to finance some of the world’s biggest coal developers. For instance, right after joining the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), Citi, a founding signatory, provided two loans of US$503 million each to Japanese coal power giant Mitsubishi, which is currently developing the controversial Vung Ang II 1200 MW coal plant in Vietnam.”
”If they are serious with their climate pledges, US banks must immediately adopt a robust coal policies, with an immediate end to all support to coal expansion and a commitment to phase out thermal coal.”
Rapporten finder her.
