It's time for countries to start putting flesh on the bones of the promises they make in the political declarations from COP climate summits (i.e. cover decisions or pacts or consensuses, or whatever they might be called). If you agreed to phase down unabated coal (as you did in 2021), then show how you're going to do it in your next NDC (due by early next year). No time like the present, given that it's now a few years since the pledge was made...
Governments should promise in their next round of climate plans, due by early next year, not to build any new coal-fired power stations and to shut down existing ones early, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) has said. Birol, a Turkish energy analyst, said that stopping coal-plant construction was “as our North American colleagues would say, a no-brainer”. Yet, he added, while “the appetite to build new coal plants is in a dying process, some countries still do it”. He singled out China’s plans to build 50 gigawatts (GW) of new coal plants.
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2mo100% agree...It's now or never! We don't have time to lose. No more excuses! no more distractions!