Coal
The UK’s last coal-fired power plant, Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire, will close this month, ending a 142-year era of burning coal to generat... Read More
Over the past 10 years, the global energy transition away from coal has accelerated. The number of countries with coal power under development (pre-c... Read More
Expanding and decarbonising the world’s electricity supplies is key to meeting global climate goals – and this has been reflected in a serie... Read More
As prime minister of India for the past decade, Narendra Modi has overseen a rapid expansion of the country’s coal-mining and coal-fired power gene... Read More
China accounted for 95% of the world’s new coal power construction activity in 2023, according to the latest annual report from Global Energy Monit... Read More
The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions fell by 5.7% in 2023 to their lowest level since 1879, according to new Carbon Brief analysis. The last time U... Read More
The future of fossil fuels – and whether to agree to phase them “down” or “out” – is shaping up to be a key battle at the COP28... Read More
India and China were widely criticised at COP26 in 2021 when they pushed to tone down the language on coal consumption that emerged from the climate ... Read More
Scientists, economists and Indigenous activists met in Oxford in September to discuss a challenge central to solving climate change: how can the worl... Read More
In this country profile, Carbon Brief examines the state of climate and energy policies in Russia, home to some of the world’s largest reserves of ... Read More
Despite the widely recognised need to quickly move away from fossil fuels, particularly coal, many countries continue to invest in this highly pollut... Read More
