NEW: Glasgow climate summit impact on coal:
*cancellation of 90 new coal power projects
*phase out 370 existing plants that didn't have a close-by date before
*95% of world's coal plants now covered by carbon neutrality targets - that require closing essentially all of them
We tallied up all the commitments to "no new coal", ending fossil fuel financing, coal phase-outs and carbon neutrality announced in the run-up to and at the UN climate summit in Glasgow.
750 coal-fired power plants (550 gigawatts) around the world now have a phase-out date, while another 1600 plants (1420 GW) are covered by carbon neutrality targets phase-out. This is up from 380 plants (260 GW) with a phase-out date before the Glasgow process.
90 new coal power projects (88 GW) likely cancelled due to "no new coal" and no new fossil fuel financing pledges - 2/3 of all planned coal outside China.
Another 130 coal power projects (165 GW), most in China&Indonesia, are highly questionable due to carbon neutrality targets. India's target of carbon neutrality by 2070 target might leave room for new coal power plants, but the country's clean energy targets don't.
Not all coal phase-out decisions are aligned with the Paris Agreement goals. Only 250 existing coal power plants (180 GW) are scheduled to close by 2030 in the OECD and 130 plants (100 GW) outside the OECD have a closure date by 2050.
With Germany’s expected 2030 phase-out decision and assuming the United States’ 2035 Clean Power Plan will mean a coal phase out by 2030, the number of coal power plants with a Paris-aligned phase-out date would increase to 510 (460 GW).
BREAKING: Neglecting #AirPollution costs the Philippines $87 billion in healthcare, lives lost, and income loss every year
📌20 yrs after the passing of the PH Clean Air Act, our report with @icsc_ph finds that full implementation is urgently needed mb.com.ph/2021/11/10/660…
@icsc_ph Approximately 66,000 premature deaths every year are linked to air pollution in the #Philippines
Meeting the new WHO guidelines - which the Act benchmarks to - could halve these health impacts and reduce economic costs to a third
@icsc_ph 🏭Stationary and 🚗mobile emissions have increased, but standards to control pollution have not kept up with international best practices
📊Sufficient local pollution data is only available for 30% of the population
Breaking: China’s power & steel firms continue to investments in coal-based capacity in 2021, even as emissions growth slowed down in the second quarter - new analysis by us and @GlobalEnergyMon. energyandcleanair.org/china-2021q2-c…
New coal power&steel projects announced in China in the first half of 2021 alone will emit CO2 equal to Netherland’s total emissions, if built. 18 new blast furnace projects with a capacity of 35 million tonnes per year and 43 new coal-fired power plant units were announced.
70% of new power generation since the start of the COVID-19 crisis has come from coal - investments in clean energy still need to grow substantially to reach emissions goals. Announcements of new coal power plants slowed from 2020 but new coal-based steel capacity accelerated.
NEW from us: China's key air quality regions met their modest PM2.5 targets last winter, as cuts in heating sector emissions offset effect of swelling industrial output. But, much faster progress needed to "eliminate heavy smog days" by 2025, as targeted. energyandcleanair.org/china-winter-2…
The target to "basically eliminate heavy smog" by 2025 is a nationwide one, and requires action both in current priority regions and other areas, particularly northeast (Heilongjiang) and industrialized areas of north and northwest (Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang).
This interactive shows the origins of all heavy smog days in the most affected city of each province, showing where emissions cuts need to be targeted to improve air quality during the worst pollution episodes. energyandcleanair.org/china-winter20…