Many developing countries rely on cheap, accessible coal and other fossil fuels to grow, despite their costs to the environment and health, in the same way that developed countries did from the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century onwards.
Dozens of countries pledged to phase out coal and others promised to stop funding fossil fuel projects overseas, which helps put the target of 1.5°C of warming in reach
Many developing countries rely on cheap, accessible coal and other fossil fuels to grow, despite their costs to the environment and health, in the same way that developed countries did from the Industrial Revolution of the 19th century onwards.
The world has made good progress on targets to reach net zero emissions, but now it must match those goals with policies, a senior EU official has said.
The European Union has never had a coordinated strategy to ditch coal – and that shows in the mismatch between regions and countries, as illustrated this week with the dispute between Poland and Czechia over the Turów coal mine.