{"query_echo":{"q":"","filters":{"analysis_type":["financial advocacy"]},"warnings":[{"code":"facet_value_not_in_vocabulary","message":"Value 'financial advocacy' for facet 'analysis_type' is not in the controlled vocabulary."}]},"total":{"value":4,"relation":"eq"},"page":1,"page_size":20,"self":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/api/v1/search?analysis_type=financial+advocacy","stability":"beta","ai_marking":{"digital_source_type":{"uri":"http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/digitalsourcetype/trainedAlgorithmicMedia","name":"Created using Generative AI"},"notice":"Summary and key insights are generated using artificial intelligence."},"results":[{"id":"reclfin-000294","url":"https://climateinsightsdirectory.org/document/reclfin-000294","title":"Les banques doivent s’abstenir de financer de nouvelles centrales électriques au gaz","publisher":{"name":"Reclaim Finance","organization":"reclaim-finance"},"document_type":"statement","language":"fr","date_published":"2025-03-17","source_url":"https://reclaimfinance.org/site/2025/03/17/les-banques-doivent-sabstenir-de-financer-de-nouvelles-centrales-electriques-au-gaz/","generator":"Climate Insights Directory","generated_fields":["summary","key_insights","climate_tags","geography_discussed","analysis_type"],"summary":{"text":"Reclaim Finance asserts that new gas power plants are incompatible with climate goals due to methane emissions and declining demand. It argues that future conversions to hydrogen or CCUS are unrealistic and that existing fossil plant capacity is sufficient for seasonal flexibility. 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