Climate | Energy
Challenges of Coal Transitions
A comparative study on the status quo and future prospects of coal mining and coal use in Indonesia, Colombia and Viet Nam
Today more than 45 % of all energy-related CO2 emissions come from burning coal. Thus, reducing CO2 emissions from coal use is a necessity for reaching the targets of the Paris Agreement. This will not only pose challenges for coal consumers (restructuring of the energy system), but also for countries whose economy is strongly depending on the production of coal.This paper examines…weiterlesen