Global efforts to phase out coal falling behind, new study warns

Protesters against the coal energy project in Lamu during a demonstration in Nairobi on June 12, 2019. [File, Standard]

New research has raised concerns over sluggish global efforts to phase out coal, the largest source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the power sector. This comes amid the push to limit global warming to 1.5°C (2.7°F) above pre-industrial levels by 2030.

Other concerns include failure to halt deforestation, rising public finance for fossil fuels despite global pledges to phase out subsidies, and an increase in the carbon intensity of global steel production.