there is pressure on india to reduce its emissions. but cutting coal use is a tricky balance. a major pollutant in the country, the dirtiest fuels, coal is also a major source ofjobs in these communities, which are some of india s poorest. india cannot live without coal. our country is a developing country. coal is one of the major resources for indians. if we stop the coal production under the pressure of the world community, then how can we maintain our livelihoods? and how can india meet the energy needs of the population of more than 1.3 billion? a growing middle class is driving that demand. although the average indian still uses far less energy than the average brit or american. india is already shifting to cleaner sources, like solar.
we will not build new coal fired projects abroad. china is involved in many coal powered projects outside of its territory. here you can see where they have invested money abroad. however, half of the world s coal is burned in china itself and it is still adding numerous coal burning plants at home. these dots show you where they are but the number of plants at each location varies and at some sites there are more than 100. our correspondent in shanghai robin brant says china s announcement represents the low hanging fruit , in phasing out coal. he says no new coal fired powered stations will be built abroad by china, and they were a key part of this country s belt road initiative, an awkward name,
but that was china s foreign investment and infrastructure programme. there are questions, though, by the detail. when will it be implemented? it was the man at the top who announced it at the un, but will it immediate? will it apply to plants that are halfway through construction or those who have been approved? also, crucially, what about financing? the plants that it will no longer build, but what about the state owned banks? will they also stop their financing of coal fired power stations abroad? the big issue here, though, as china s domestic demand for call. half of all the coal burned in the world is burnt here in this country and still makes up over half the fuel used to generate power in this country. china is adding coal fired power stations here, some of them with a life span of 50 years, and it expects to continue to increase its demand for coal for the next five years up until 2026. so that is the key issue here, china s domestic demand for coal. that is what has to decrea
at night, we burn coal and keep it in the house so we also have some light. what people here want so badly is what so many in the west have long taken for granted. in india, progress comes at a price. it means cutting the cord with coal could take time. rajini vaidyanathan, bbc news, odissa. lots more on our website. now we turn to the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has promised a strong response after one of his top aides survived an apparent assassination attempt. this is the car of serhir shefir, police said it was hit by at least ten bullets as he left home near the village of lisnyky. he emerged unscathed but his driver was hit and is in hospital. president zelenski is currently in new york for the un general meeting, he recorded this video.
still depends on it. such is the demand that the country is planning on building, or expanding, dozens of mines in the coming years and also continues to import coal. there is pressure on india to reduce its emissions. but cutting coal use is a tricky balance. a major pollutant in the country, the dirtiest fuels, coal is also a major source ofjobs in these communities, which are some of india s poorest. india cannot live without coal. our country is a developing country. coal is one of the major resources for indians. if we stop the coal production under the pressure of the world community, then how can we maintain our livelihoods? and how can india meet the energy needs of the population of more than 1.3 billion?