The cancellation and retirement of coal power projects in the world’s four key economies is making a profound impact on global efforts to limit climate change to 2C — and thereby stave off its most catastrophic consequences. The amount of coal power in development globally was cut in half last year — down to 570GW from 1090GW one year
New Data Shows Collapse Of Coal Imminent, Sparks Climate Hope
According to the latest Boom & Bust report from Greenpeace, Sierra Club and CoalSwarm, 2016 saw monumental drops in every stage of coal project development.