The Group has established a deadline for exiting thermal coal, aligning with the Sustainable Development Scenario of the International Energy Agency and meeting the Paris Agreement's climate goals. 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. Bnp Paribas will increase its dialogue with existing customers who generate coal-based electricity to determine their projections, and will end ending its cooperation with companies that are developing new coal-based electricity generation projects.