The Group has set a deadline for exiting thermal coal, in accordance with the Sustainable Development Scenario scenario of the International Energy Agency and the Paris Agreement. In 2019, the Group strengthened its position on coal by reducing its thermal coal exposure to zero in Oecd countries and to zero by 2040 globally. In 2017, the Group decided not to finance any projects in the thermal coal sector. To achieve this goal, Bnp Paribas will increase its dialogue with existing customers who generate coal-based electricity, and will end its cooperation with those companies that are developing new coal-based energy projects.