Value of financing for fossil fuel companies by select European banks 2016-2023

Despite growing pressure on governments and banks to focus energy financing towards greener paths, some of the world's biggest banks have continued to increase their financing into companies active in the fossil fuel life cycle. In a 2024 report released by the Rainforest Action Network (ran.org), 60 of the world's largest banks put approximately 6.9 trillion U.S. dollars into financing fossil fuel companies between 2016 and 2023.Although Europe's biggest banks were way behind U.S and Chinese banks in funding, the 14 European banks included still put over 150 billion U.S. dollars into financing fossil fuel companies in 2023. Europe's largest fossil fuel financer, Barclays, had actually decreased its funding from over 31 billion U.S. dollars in 2016 to under 25 billion U.S. dollars in 2023.

尽管面临政府及银行将能源融资导向绿色路径的日益增加的压力，世界上一些最大的银行仍持续增加对活跃于化石燃料生命周期中的公司的融资。在雨林行动网络（ran.org）于2024年发布的报告中指出，2016年至2023年间，全球60家最大银行向化石燃料公司投入了约6.9万亿美元的融资。尽管欧洲最大的银行在资金支持方面远远落后于美国和中国银行，但包括在内的14家欧洲银行在2023年仍向化石燃料公司投入超过1500亿美元的融资。欧洲最大的化石燃料融资商巴克莱银行，实际上已将其资金支持从2016年的超过310亿美元降至2023年的不足250亿美元。