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COP26: Making Coal History
The end of coal is in sight and is the single most important step to get in line with 1.5C – but what will it take to make coal history?
Aditya Lolla Senior Electricity Policy Analyst, Asia, Ember
India’s journey towards becoming a renewables superpower has well and truly begun. Its ambitious 2030 target of 450 GW renewable energy is starting to attract investment, while clean power deployment is being ramped up across India. Its ambitions go even further, with visionary plans for the world’s first multi-country solar grid. India is well placed to take advantage of all that the green economy can offer. Now that international funding seems to be available to help speed up India’s coal-to-clean transition even further, can it use this opportunity to begin to plan a phasedown of coal, to truly put India on a 1.5 degree pathway?
The end of coal is in sight – but what will it take to make coal history?