Biden’s Climate Czar John Kerry Announces Global Push for Coal Phase-Out: ‘First Step is Stop Building New Unabated Coal Power Plants’

Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, has proclaimed its commitment to phase out coal power plants.

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Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, has proclaimed its commitment to phase out coal power plants. This move aligns the U.S. with 56 other nations in the Powering Past Coal Alliance.

“At the UN Climate Summit COP28 today, new members and partners, including the United States, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Iceland, Kosovo and Norway joined the Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA), the coalition of national and subnational governments, businesses and organisations working to advance the transition from unabated coal power generation to clean energy,” according to the press release.

“These seven countries commit to not developing new unabated coal power plants and phasing out existing unabated coal plants to keep the goal of limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C (34.7 F) within reach. The move underscores a rapid shift towards a coal-free future in many countries despite the energy crisis. The Global Stocktake at COP28 must be a turning point for international action on coal phase-out,” it added.

“The science is clear: to keep the 1.5°C goal within reach, countries need to immediately end the construction of new coal power plants and phase out existing plants by 2030 in the OECD and EU, and by 2040 elsewhere,” PPCA said.

Behind only China and India, the United States allegedly holds the third-largest capacity of operational coal plants globally.

According to the PPCA, the US has not built a new coal plant in over a decade and it is on course to shut down over half of its peak unabated coal capacity in the upcoming years.

Ambitiously, the Biden regime has set a target: a carbon-neutral power sector by 2035—a stark contrast against a backdrop where international agencies like the UN and global entities have exerted negligible influence over China’s coal policies.

Biden’s climate czar John Kerry attended the COP28 Summit in Dubai aboard a gasoline-fueled airplane.

On Saturday, Biden’s climate czar, John Kerry, declared that the United States will be joining the Powering Past Coal Alliance.

This commitment by the Biden regime involves a pledge to cease the construction of new coal plants and to reportedly phase out existing ones.

“To meet our goal of 100% carbon pollution-free electricity by 2035, we need to phase out unabated coal, and we urge the world to join us in doing so, while working to grow good-paying clean energy jobs,” said Kerry.

“Together with the Powering Past Coal Alliance, we will be working to accelerate unabated coal phase-out across the world, building stronger economies and more resilient communities. The first step is to stop making the problem worse: stop building new unabated coal power plants,” he added.

According to S&P Global:

In 2022 coal-fired plants generated 36% of global electricity, outstripping all other sources. Over half of this output was in China, with the next three largest contributors – India, the US and Japan, accounting for around 25% of the total.

Of the 8 billion mt of coal produced globally in 2022, China consumed 4.5 billion mt, while India’s consumption rose to nearly 900 million mt.

In terms of domestic share of generation, South Africa is most reliant on coal power (85%), followed by India (74%), Poland (70%), Indonesia (62%) and China (61%).

The IEA’s Net Zero Roadmap shows coal power must end in advanced economies by 2030 and worldwide by 2040. Yet even in Europe, where coal phase outs are taking place in several countries, Germany and Poland are failing to align with these goals, while India and China continue to build new coal stations.”

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