The recent "coal-to-gas" (CTG) energy policy serves as an important measure to mitigate air pollution in northern China … five villages in northern China. The findings indicate that in general the CTG policy only limitedly alleviated rural …

Since 2005, the Chinese government has engaged in an ambitious effort to move China's energy system away from coal and … towards more environmentally friendly sources of energy. However, China's investment in coal power has accelerated sharply in …. In this paper, we ask why China engaged in such a pronounced investment boom in coal power in the mid-2010s. We find the …

Since 2005, the Chinese government has engaged in an ambitious effort to move China's energy system away from coal and … towards more environmentally friendly sources of energy. However, China's investment in coal power has accelerated sharply in …. In this paper, we ask why China engaged in such a pronounced investment boom in coal power in the mid-2010s. We find the …

Although coal plants in some countries are actively being retired ahead of their planned closure dates, there is yet to …-led closures, buyout of coal plants, auctioning them off, repurposing them, and swapping coal assets with renewables have all been … insights gained from these experiences. We then focus on the core questions: How can coal retirements be scaled up? Is there a …

the ensuing action of phasing out coal to keep global temperature rise below 1.5 °C, as stipulated by the Paris Agreement …. Coal is amongst the most carbon intensive fuel, therefore transitioning to low-carbon fuels and renewables is necessary to … necessary to replace coal in Mauritius, using the Open-Source Energy Modelling System (OSeMOSYS). The research was initiated …

, spending at least $63.9 billion per year on coal alone, the most polluting fossil fuel. They have also neglected to define or … production and consumption of coal (including coal-fired power), looking at fiscal support, public finance, and state …

Financial institutions around the world have announced halts to financing of coal-fired power plants (CFPPs). Non … data and CFPP projects, as well as the quality of the coal policies of financial institutions. In this study, we integrated … commercial banks and reviewed and mapped their coal policies according to four common financing conditions. We also analysed bank …