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 and aimed to reduce its thermal coal exposure to zero by 2030 in Oecd countries and 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 to end its relationship with those companies that are developing new coal-based electricity.