JPMorgan Chase leads 65 banks making decisions incompatible with restraining rising temperatures, researchers say

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    19 hours ago

    From the original report:

    -Over a third of the world’s largest banks (26 of 65) reduced their fossil financing from the previous year, with some European banks and some Canadian banks driving most of that progress.

    -The remaining 39 banks moved in the opposite direction, and some US, Japanese, and Chinese banks were responsible for the largest year-on-year increases.

    -On balance, the world’s 65 largest banks committed $906 billion to companies conducting business in fossil fuels in 2025, up $64 billion or 7.6% from 2024.

    -Since 2021, global banks have funneled over $4.2 trillion in financing to fossil fuels, including $2.1 trillion to fossil firms in expansion.

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    Dealmakers and Dealtakers: Top Bank Financing by Country 2025

    The US dominates as a financial center providing bank financing for fossil fuels. This petrostate also jumps off the chart (below) as the nation receiving the most fossil fuel debt from banks. In fact, US fossil fuel corporations received 45.4% of all fossil fuel financing in 2025. Comparing countries’ total bank fossil financing to their fossil fuel company borrowers, the US is an outlier. It is the only Big Six financial center [comprising the U.S., Canada, Japan, EU, China, UK] whose fossil firms receive more bank financing than its banks provide. Japanese banks, on the other hand, provide much more financing than the country’s fossil sector receives. In China, the volume of bank financing to fossil firms is about equal to the amount received by fossil firms. This is at least partly explained by China’s more insular financing model: about 86% of 2025 fossil financing from Chinese banks went to Chinese comp

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        17 hours ago

        Yeah, but the US isn’t the only problem. While European banks and some Canadian banks reduced their fossil financing, some US, Japanese, and Chinese banks were responsible for the largest year-on-year increases.

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    The report includes the 65 largest fossil funding banks. From Canada: 7. RBC, 12. TD, 13. Scotia, 15. CIBC, and 23. BMO. Of these 5 Canadian banks, TD, CIBC and BMO have decreased their FF involvement from 2024 to 2025.