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CGS analysis illustrates pathways for rapid coal retirement in China

Research led by the Center for Global Sustainability (CGS) at the University of Maryland provides key insights about rapid coal phaseout in China—a process critical to success in achieving global climate goals. Released today in the open-access journal Nature Communications, the analysis shows how China can meet ambitious climate and economic development

Research led by the Center for Global Sustainability (CGS) at the University of Maryland provides key insights about rapid coal phaseout in China—a process critical to success in achieving global climate goals. Released today in the open-access journal Nature Communications, the analysis shows how China can meet ambitious climate and economic development goals, while also balancing other domestic priorities, even with a rapid coal phaseout by 2045 and a halt of new coal power plant construction.

China has recently set an ambitious goal to achieve net-zero emissions before 2060. At the same time, more than half of the current coal power capacity globally is in China. In this context, rapid action to shift away from unabated coal use will be needed to meet China’s own development goals—and limit global warming to 1.5°C.

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