Fig. 1: Lending activity of the banking sector to fossil fuel companies.
From: The challenge of phasing-out fossil fuel finance in the banking sector
a Debt provided by banks to the fossil fuel (FF) sector between 2010 and 2021, separated into syndicated deals and deals with a single lender. b Mean new fossil fuel exposure for the top 30 banks in the pre-Paris Agreement (2010–2016) and post-Paris Agreement (2017–2021) period. c Bars (coloured according to the location of banks’ headquarters) show the percentage change in the average annual lending of the top 30 banks between the pre-Paris Agreement and post-Paris Agreement period. Red lines show banks’ market share, defined as their individual lending in the post-Paris period as a percentage of total market lending.
