Finance in Common Summits misses opportunity to end fossil fuel finance, but there is a way forward, say CSOs

November 12, 2020By LaurieBlog Post, Featured, News, Press Releases, Stop Funding Fossils

Today development banks signed a joint declaration at the first global summit of development banks, Finance in Common. Before the summit, the UN Secretary General, youth climate activists, and over 300 civil society organisations all urged development banks to act to end fossil fuel investments. However, the joint declaration only includes a vague commitment to “consider” ways to reduce fossil fuel investments.

European Development Finance Institutions fall short on climate ambition by allowing continued financing for fossil gas

November 5, 2020By LaurieBlog Post, Featured, News, Press Releases, Statement, Stop Funding Fossils

European Development Finance Institutions fall short on climate ambition by allowing continued financing for fossil gasToday, one week ahead of the Finance in Common Summit, the Association of European Development Finance Institutions (EDFI) announced joint ambitions for climate action. The institutions commit to full Paris alignment by 2022 and to end coal and fuel oil financing. For gas finance, they commit to “generally exclude [such finance] by 2030 at the latest”, but leave the room open to gas financing beyond 2030 in certain cases.Â