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EU countries stall EIB plans to phase out funding for fossil fuels

18 October 2019, New Europe

The European Investment Bank (EIB) on 15 October postponed taking a decision to next month on whether to phase out lending to fossil fuels, following objections from the European Commission and some EU Member States, including Germany, Italy, Poland and Latvia want the bank to keep funding certain gas projects to help the transition from coal or nuclear power, or for energy security reasons. EU countries stall EIB plans to phase out funding for fossil fuels

Institution: EIB

Project: EBRD/EIB energy policy review

Tags: EIB | fossil fuels

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