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'Supporting stranding': UK Export Finance accused of funding oil projects in defiance of Paris Agreement goals

12 June 2020 • 3 min read

New analysis from Carbon Tracker warns UK government financing for upstream oil and gas projects in Brazil and Ghana is 'failing the Paris test'

Carbon Tracker has today published an analysis of UK Export Finance's (UKEF) support for oil and gas projects in Brazil and Ghana, which concludes the assets are "highly likely to become stranded" if the...

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