Where the money goes with Frank Vanaerschot

Frank Vanaerschot has over a decade of experience researching, campaigning, and advocating for economic justice. Frank’s work focused on campaigning for a green, democratic, and equitable financial system.

Frank has also campaigned to push the European Central Bank and the National Bank of Belgium to stop financing the climate crisis and to align their actions with climate and environmental needs instead.

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00:00 Intro
01:35 EIB role in H2 investments
04:45 EIB's policy undermining Green H2 goals
07:30 Distorting market dynamics
08:46 Who gets the funds and how
09:28 Lobbying
10:45 Hydrogen Europe
15:18 EIB investments outside the EU
19:09 Hydrogen Bank
22:07 Hydrogen from Ukraine, why? Why now?
24:31 EU H2 strategy overlooking environmental and social considerations
30:32 No transition without fossil companies
34:33 Subsidizing unwanted solutions
42:00 Governments responsibility
42:35 Company example
48:05 Lobbying money

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