A report by climate think tank E3G found a 76% reduction in proposed coal power since the Paris Agreement was signed in 2015. Coal plants are still on rise throughout much of Asia, and while power generation from coal technically peaked in 2013, it has basically plateaued since then . China consumes more coal than the rest of the world combinedA coal power plant in Jiayuguan, Gansu province, China. While China has pledged to stop financing coal projects abroad, it is still building coal plants and opening mines at a fast pace. It's now half of the world's coal power," GEM's program director for coal, Christine Shearer, told CNN.

Source: CNN November 05, 2021 03:52 UTC