The Group has established 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 plans to increase its dialogue with customers who generate coal-based electricity and will no longer engage with any new customers that generate coal-based electricity.