China's commitment to phase out overseas coal investment

Indonesia: Captive coal power plants supporting nickel operations pose challenge to govt's green energy goals

Date:: 15 Dec 2024
Content Type:: Article

Chinese companies backing Indonesia's nickel smelters for the EV battery supply chain rely heavily on coal power, posing challenges to the government's green energy goals and raising business and human rights concerns.

Report: Three years after China's coal power ban, 52 power plants with 49.5GW capacity remain in development

Date:: 15 Oct 2024
Content Type:: Report

Three years after China's overseas coal ban, report reveals mixed progress with 42.8GW projects cancelled while 49.5GW remains active; new construction and captive power plants challenge pledge implementation.

China: New study urges support for early retirement of overseas coal plants to boost climate leadership & reduce risks

Date:: 25 Jun 2024
Content Type:: Report

A Boston University policy brief recommends China, despite leading in domestic renewable energy, should support early retirement of its overseas coal plants in developing countries to boost global climate leadership, mitigate financial risks, and promote clean energy transitions, while addressing potential legal challenges for host nations.

Report finds increase in coal-fired power plants in operation abroad, despite China's pledge to halt new coal projects

Date:: 29 Jan 2024
Content Type:: Story

Zimbabwe: Chinese investment shifts to hydropower and solar following China's pledge to end coal power plants overseas

Date:: 3 Jul 2023
Content Type:: Article

Once the backer of a major coal power plant, China could play a major role in boosting desperately needed access to clean energy

Pakistan: New plans for Gwadar coal plant raises questions over climate pledges of China and Pakistan

Date:: 9 May 2023
Content Type:: Article

Progress towards building a coal power plant in Gwadar raises questions about the climate pledges of both China and Pakistan

China's pledge to end coal power overseas, one year on

Date:: 26 Sep 2022
Content Type:: Article

Reform of investment and financing models still needed in order to better support green transitions

Bangladesh: China remains key player in energy transition after pledge to end coal investment

Date:: 21 Sep 2022
Content Type:: Article

Bangladesh needs USD 80-100 billion to meet its renewable energy pledge. With a new energy master plan in the works, the government is looking abroad for finance, with China key

Chinese energy investment concentrates on hydropower in Africa and coal in Asia, research shows

Date:: 16 Aug 2022
Content Type:: Article

China’s overseas energy investments after the ‘No Coal’ pledge: An assessment

Date:: 28 Jul 2022
Content Type:: Article

China’s Belt & Road slashes funds for foreign coal plants, research says

Date:: 25 Jul 2022
Content Type:: Article

China’s investments in countries that are part of its Belt & Road scheme saw a small decline in the six months to June, with Russia, Sri Lanka and Egypt getting zero investments, the report said.

China’s overseas coal pledge: 15 projects cancelled but grey areas remain

Date:: 17 Jun 2022
Content Type:: Article

New analysis sheds light on the impact of China’s pledge to not build new coal power plants overseas, and offers suggestions for how it could be strengthened

15 China-backed coal plants cancelled since Xi’s ban on ‘new projects,’ but loopholes remain

Date:: 22 Apr 2022
Content Type:: Article

China Exim says bank no longer finances new overseas coal power projects and remains committed to supporting emission reduction upgrades for completed projects

Date:: 25 Mar 2022
Content Type:: Article

Indonesia: New coal project on Obi Island contradicts China's climate commitment, activists say

Date:: 26 Feb 2022
Content Type:: Article

Bosnia and Herzegovina: NGOs issue rejoinder re Chinese banks’ exit from controversial Ugljevik III coal plant project

Date:: 18 Jan 2022
Content Type:: NGO Rejoinder

Indonesia: Foreign investment in coal-to-chemical projects may slow renewable energy transition as COP26 pledge makes no mention of coal gasification

Date:: 16 Jan 2022
Content Type:: Article

International companies are developing projects in Indonesia to convert its rich coal deposits into new fuels

Indonesia: Feasibility study into building coal-to-methanol gasification plant sparks concern as China seen as reneging on coal promise

Date:: 15 Dec 2021
Content Type:: Article

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Chinese companies reportedly continue to fund coal power plants, despite China's pledge to stop coal financing; incl. company response

Date:: 30 Nov 2021
Content Type:: Article

S. A: Chinese govt. cancels proposed 3GW coal plant in the Limpopo’s Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone

Date:: 24 Nov 2021
Content Type:: Article

Pakistan's energy transition faces challenges despite China’s coal exit

Date:: 27 Oct 2021
Content Type:: Article

China’s Overseas Coal Pledge: What Next for Cambodia’s Energy Development?

Date:: 18 Oct 2021
Content Type:: Article

Bank of China pledges to end funding for foreign coal mining and power plants

Date:: 30 Sep 2021
Content Type:: Article

Kenya: Clean energy campaigners laud China's decision to stop building coal power plants overseas

Date:: 27 Sep 2021
Content Type:: Article

Plans to revive talks surrounding the setup of a coal power plant in Lamu may be affected after Chinese President Xi Jinping said China would stop building coal power plants overseas.

‘Big line in the sand’: China promises no new coal-fired power projects abroad

Date:: 22 Sep 2021
Content Type:: Article

Zimbabwe: Chinese bank ICBC has not pulled out of Sengwa coal project, sources say

Date:: 6 Sep 2021
Content Type:: Article

Research shows Asia public financiers provided over 90% new cross-border coal power funding over 2013-2018

Date:: 2 Sep 2021
Content Type:: Article

Who Funds Overseas Coal Plants? The Need for Transparency and Accountability

Date:: 31 Jul 2021
Content Type:: Report

Bangladesh: 129 individuals and 74 organisations demand stop to Banshkhali Coal Power Plant in letter to Chinese Minister of Commerce

Date:: 22 Jun 2021
Content Type:: Article

Serbia: Plans for Kolubara B coal power plant halted, opening space for decarbonisation

Date:: 18 Jun 2021
Content Type:: Article

Belt & Road: More than half of China-backed overseas coal projects shelved or cancelled over past six years

Date:: 16 Jun 2021
Content Type:: Article

China: ICBC to “establish a road map and timeline for the gradual withdrawal of coal financing”, bank's chief economist announces

Date:: 13 Jun 2021
Content Type:: Article

Indonesia: Local communities fear environmental and social impacts of Bangko Tengah (SS-8) coal plant; NGO expresses concerns in letter to China Huadian, China Eximbank and Chinese embassy

Date:: 30 Apr 2021
Content Type:: Article

Nature Communications research identifies 186 Chinese coal plants “particularly suitable” for fast-track retirement

Date:: 25 Mar 2021
Content Type:: Article

Bangladesh: China refuses to invest in high pollution coal projects under Belt and Road

Date:: 11 Mar 2021
Content Type:: Article

Beijing’s decision a rare signal of reluctance to fund polluting projects in Belt and Road Initiative.

Kenyan coal project shows why Chinese investors need to take environmental risks seriously

Date:: 9 Mar 2021
Content Type:: Article

As Chinese companies pursue infrastructure projects across the world, they must become better at responding to local environmental concerns, or face an increase in legal action

African coal plants funded by Chinese cash raise environmental and social concerns despite 2060 carbon neutrality pledge

Date:: 8 Jan 2021
Content Type:: Article

Former UNEP chief Erik Solheim says China should phase out coal and extend strict domestic standards to its overseas investments

Date:: 5 Jan 2021
Content Type:: Article

China: Former Australian PM quotes example of Ghanaian environmental activist to show importance of halting coal support abroad in Beijing's bid for climate leadership

Date:: 30 Dec 2020
Content Type:: Article

The Paris Agreement’s five-year anniversary provides the perfect opportunity for China to demonstrate its confident, international policy activism on the environment, writes former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

Pakistan: China-Pakistan Green Economic Corridor replaces coal with hydropower, but hydro projects create risks for environment and communities

Date:: 23 Dec 2020
Content Type:: Article

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan won international plaudits at the recent climate ambition summit by announcing he would scrap two coal-fired power plants that have been scrapped already.

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