{"id":38051,"date":"2025-09-23T06:00:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T04:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reclaimfinance.org\/site\/?p=38051"},"modified":"2026-01-20T11:33:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T10:33:15","slug":"banking-on-business-as-usual-the-energy-finance-imbalance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reclaimfinance.org\/site\/en\/2025\/09\/23\/banking-on-business-as-usual-the-energy-finance-imbalance\/","title":{"rendered":"Banking on business as usual: The energy finance imbalance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Climate change is accelerating, fueled by an energy system still dominated by fossil fuels. The current impacts on human societies and ecosystems serve as a daily reminder of the urgent need to act now to prevent irreversible climate tipping points and even more severe consequences. A radical transformation in how we produce and use energy is non-ne-gotiable.<\/p>\n

The Banking on business as usual report measures the financing allocated by the 65 biggest global banks for both fossil fuels and sustainable power supply. It uses that data to calculate the energy supply financing ratio (ESFR), a critical metric to assess their contribution to the energy transition. Additionally, the report also reviews the few existing ESFR and their methodologies, and analyzes the banks\u2019 policies and commitments toward supporting the energy transition.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Key findings:<\/h2><\/span>
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0<\/span>:1<\/span><\/div>
is the average financing sustainable power supply v fossil fuels ratio<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>