Unused Tools: How Central Banks Are Fueling the Climate Crisis

August 24, 2021By Oil Change InternationalEnergy Transitions & Futures, Reports, Resources 3 Comments

There is growing recognition that central banks must act to confront the climate crisis. They have the tools to catalyze and accelerate the end of financing for fossil fuels – through monetary policy, regulatory action, and excluding fossil fuel assets from their own portfolios. But, with only limited exceptions, they are not using these tools. This report identifies 10 criteria for assessing central banks against the Paris Agreement’s objective, and applies them to assess 12 major central banks.

New Report Reveals Global Banks Funneled $3.8 Trillion into Fossil Fuels Since Paris Agreement

March 24, 2021By Oil Change InternationalBlog Post, Featured, Press Releases

A new report released today by Oil Change International, Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Reclaim Finance, and Sierra Club, and endorsed by over 300 organizations around the world, reveals that 60 global banks have provided USD $3.8 trillion to fossil fuel companies in the five years since the adoption of the Paris Agreement (2016-2020).

Fracking Fiasco: New report names Wells Fargo and JPMorgan Chase as main players funding U.S. shale bust

September 24, 2020By Oil Change InternationalBlog Post, Featured, Press Releases, Stopping Carbon Lock-In

A new report by Oil Change International and Rainforest Action Network (RAN) shows how major banks have continued pouring money into fracking companies in recent years despite numerous warnings that the sector was financially unsustainable — on top of the well-documented environmental, health and climate impacts of the industry.