Request for Suspension of JBIC Financing for LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) Canada Pending Independent Cumulative Health Impact Assessment

A statement from health professionals and community leaders requesting that the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) suspend financing for LNG Canada and the Coastal GasLink pipeline until an independent cumulative Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is conducted.

• The signatories request that JBIC immediately suspend all financing and disbursements for LNG projects in British Columbia until an independent, cumulative Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is completed, publicly disclosed, and reviewed by public health professionals.
• The document asserts that JBIC has failed to meet its environmental and social guidelines and OECD obligations because existing assessments do not account for the total health burden of the full supply chain, including fracked gas extraction in northeast BC, the Coastal GasLink pipeline, terminal operations, and marine shipping emissions.
• Specific health and environmental risks are highlighted for Kitimat, where meteorological inversions trap pollutants in a constrained airshed, and broader risks are noted including heat-related morbidity, longer wildfire smoke seasons, and flooding caused by GHG emissions from the project.
• The statement claims that JBIC's financing violates human rights and international standards, specifically noting that the Coastal GasLink pipeline was developed without the Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) of Indigenous communities, including Wet’suwet’en hereditary leaders.
• The authors argue that JBIC's support for a methane-intensive export terminal is incompatible with Japan's Net Zero by 2050 commitment, the Paris Agreement, and G7 commitments to end new direct public support for fossil fuel projects abroad by the end of 2022.

APA

Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (2025). Request for Suspension of JBIC Financing for LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) Canada Pending Independent Cumulative Health Impact Assessment. https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/JBIC-Letter-2.pdf

Chicago

Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment. Request for Suspension of JBIC Financing for LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) Canada Pending Independent Cumulative Health Impact Assessment. 2025. https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/JBIC-Letter-2.pdf.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |author=Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment |title=Request for Suspension of JBIC Financing for LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) Canada Pending Independent Cumulative Health Impact Assessment |date=11 December 2025 |url=https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/JBIC-Letter-2.pdf |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{canadianassociationofphysiciansfortheenvironment2025request, author = {{Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment}}, title = {{Request for Suspension of JBIC Financing for LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) Canada Pending Independent Cumulative Health Impact Assessment}}, publisher = {Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment}, year = {2025}, month = dec, url = {https://cape.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/JBIC-Letter-2.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }