Over 40 countries pledge at UN climate summit to end use of coal power

Over 40 countries pledge at UN climate summit to end use of coal power

Several of the biggest coal consumers were notably absent from the accord, including China and India, which together burn roughly two-thirds of the world’s coal





New York Times











November 05, 2021 / 03:26 PM IST





The United States, which still generates about one-fifth of its electricity from coal, also did not sign the pledge. (Representative image)













Brad Plumer and Lisa Friedman

More than 40 countries pledged to phase out coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel, in a deal announced on November 4 at the United Nations climate summit that prompted Alok Sharma, the head of the conference, to proclaim that “the end of coal is in sight.”

But several of the biggest coal consumers were notably absent from the accord, including China and India, which together burn roughly two-thirds of the world’s coal, as well as Australia, the world’s...

















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