We are delighted to present our new online campaigners’ toolkit on coal financing in southeast Europe and Turkey at http://kingsofcoal.org/ . In recent years, many EU companies and multilateral banks like World Bank, EBRD and EIB have lost interest in supporting new coal plants. This means that other, less well-known banks and export credit agencies eg. from China, Japan or the Czech Republic are becoming more prominent in the 6195 MW worth of coal projects planned in the Western Balkans.
Our toolkit shows how to contact investors and to advocate for them to avoid harmful projects. The focus is on coal, as one of the most immediate threats, but much of the advice will also be relevant for other sectors. The toolkit gives practical guidance on what kind of standards the financing institutions have committed to, how to contact them, and handy tips to avoid mistakes. You can also automatically create your own dossier on the companies and banks you are interested in, with just a few clicks, and send it to your email address.
There is also a Flickr and this promo video on YouTube
