Countries commit to shifting away from coal at COP26 – but campaigners say promised action not enough

Countries commit to shifting away from coal at COP26 – but campaigners say promised action not enough

Scores of major coal using countries like Poland, Ukraine and Vietnam have committed to phase out the fossil fuel, in a series of commitments announced at the COP26 climate talks.

The countries who have signed up will rapidly scale up the deployment of clean power generation, the UK government said.

It includes a commitment by 18 countries to phase out and not build or invest in new coal power for the first time.