This report presents a critical analysis of fossil fuel expansion in Latin America and the Caribbean, detailing the role of companies, banks, and global investors involved in developing new areas for oil, gas, and coal exploration. It addresses the social, environmental, economic, and public health impacts caused by fossil projects, highlighting emblematic cases of community resistance, risks to indigenous populations, and setbacks in the region’s environmental policies. The report maps the key actors, reveals unique data on investments and impacted areas, and discusses the challenges to a just energy transition, in light of increasing extreme climate events and political decisions that favor the fossil sector over international climate commitments.
Use the interactive monitors to identify oil and gas expansion areas across Latin America and the Caribbean
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The monitors developed by Arayara.org and Urgewald bring together interactive data on the expansion of fossil fuels in Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as on the financial actors that sustain it.
They allow users to explore detailed information about oil and gas blocks, pipelines, LNG terminals, and gas-fired power plants, in addition to identifying the institutions that finance these ventures.
The expansion monitor is organized into thematic tabs that offer different perspectives on fossil fuel expansion. Meanwhile, the financial monitor details who enables these projects through investments and financing.
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Os monitores desenvolvidos por Arayara.org e Urgewald unem dados interativos a respeito da expansão de combustíveis fósseis na América Latina e no Caribe, bem como os atores financeiros que sustentam esta cadeia de destruição.
Eles permitem que os usuários explorem informações detalhadas sobre blocos de petróleo e gás, dutos, terminais de GNL e usinas a gás, além de identificar as instituições que financiam esses empreendimentos.O Expansion Monitor está organizado em abas temáticas que oferecem diferentes perspectivas sobre a expansão dos combustíveis fósseis, enquanto o Financial Monitor destaca os atores que viabilizam esses projetos por meio de investimentos e financiamentos.
NOTE: The report distinguishes between the amounts financed directly by banks to fossil fuel companies, referred to here as financing, and the amounts provided by institutional investors, which can take the form of equity and debt investments, referred to here as investment.
NOTA: o relatório diferencia o montante financiado por bancos diretamente nas empresas do setor fóssil, aqui identificado enquanto financiamento, e a quantia direcionada por investidores institucionais, que pode ser traduzida em investimentos em ações e títulos de dívida, aqui identificada como investimento.