Just a few weeks ahead of COP26, China, the world’s biggest public financier of coal, announced that it will end investments in overseas coal projects. It raised hope in countries that want to make low-carbon energy plans and panic among those who feel they cannot do without coa...}
The mounting calls for China to stop supporting coal power projects overseas have received an answer. Chinese President Xi Jinping announced through a pre-recorded video address to the United Nations General Assembly on 21 September that China “will not build new coal-fired power plants abroad...}
LONDON: Five Asian countries are responsible for 80% of new coal power plants planned worldwide. The Carbon Tracker group said that most would prove uneconomical and the new plants would put international climate goals out of reach on Wednesday.
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In 2020, Southeast Asia was the region with the highest deforestation rates. The area is home to half of the world’s mangroves, which act as natural carbon sinks. These extraordinary forests are on the brink of irreparable degradation, in part due to the expanding coal industry. Southeast Asia...}
SHANGHAI: China generated 53% of the world's total coal-fired power in 2020, nine percentage points more that five years earlier, despite climate pledges and the building of hundreds of renewable energy plants, a global data study showed on Monday.
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