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An alliance of civil society organisations including Fridays for Future, Germanwatch and Misereor聽聽to abandon plans to support natural gas production in the western African country of Senegal. Ahead of a board meeting of the state-owned development bank KfW on 15 December, at which new rules for financing oil and gas projects could be decided, the so-called聽聽has said that support for such fossil fuel projects is not in line with climate targets. 鈥淚n our assessment, a serious examination would show that the gas from Senegal endangers the 1.5 degree limit and that it is not necessary for Germany's energy security if we wish to accelerate the energy transition and become more energy efficient,鈥� said Christoph Bals, policy director at Germanwatch.

The NGO Environmental Action Germany (DUH)聽that draft KfW guidelines for the project鈥檚 financing in the power generation sector would allow for financing of oil and gas pipelines, LNG terminals and tankers, as well as ships for laying pipelines. These could be adopted at a board meeting this week. DUH聽聽parts of the draft rules on its website.

German officials ahead of the 2022 UN climate change conference COP27 reiterated聽that public support for new gas projects overseas should be possible, as long as they are in line with overall climate commitments. Germany聽signed the pledge at last year鈥檚 COP26 in Glasgow聽to end foreign fossil fuel financing by the end of 2022 with very limited exceptions. Chancellor Olaf Scholz has been pushing to allow support of foreign fossil fuel projects, and included a sentence on cooperating with potential partner countries聽. Scholz secured an agreement among G7 leaders at their summit in Bavaria earlier this year, which opened the door to public gas sector support that is 鈥渃onsistent with climate objectives.鈥� Scholz鈥檚 government聽, but failed. Plans to support Senegal鈥檚 gas projects聽have come under fire.