October 27, 20228:06 AM ET
Coal power has resurged since the pandemic, like at this coal processing plant in China’s Shanxi Province, but research shows it should be phased out by 2030 to avoid extreme climate change.
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World leaders will begin climate talks in Egypt in a little over a week, and tensions are expected to run high in the negotiations to reduce heat-trapping emissions.
Now, new research shows the world has already fallen drastically behind in adopting the changes needed to avoid a future with even more extreme storms, heat waves and floods.
Collectively, countries have promised to reduce heat-trapping emissions by about 3% by 2030, compared to 2020 levels. That’s far from the 45% drop that’s needed, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Program.
Cutting emissions nearly in half by the end of the…
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