Banks will finance 81 cents of every dollar spent on fossil fuels in 2021 to finance low-carbon energy supply, but they will need to scale up their commitments to meet the world's climate goals. Energy analyst BloombergNEF pooled data from 1,142 banks to assess whether banks are aligning their funding with the real economy and the 1.5-degree target. The bank funding ratio is lower than the 90-cent-to-dollar investment ratio in global energy supply, but the latter ratio has climbed in recent years from around 0.45:1 between 2011 and 2015. Funding ratios for individual banks vary, with RBC Canada at 0.4, JPMorgan at 0.7, BNP Paribas at 1.7 and Deutsche Bank at 2.2. The report's findings differ from another study published by the environmental group last month, which said the share of bank financing devoted to renewable energy had stagnated.