Study: Coal phase-out overburdens poorer countries

In order to still meet the 1.5-degree target, large coal-consuming countries like China, India or South Africa would have to phase out coal-fired power generation at an unprecedented rate. The phase-out would have to happen more than twice as fast as other changes in a major energy source of the past 50 years – including those in times of crisis such as wars and state collapses. This is the result of a new study recently published in the scientific journal Nature Climate Change.