Less Overseas Coal Is Good, But Developing Countries Still Need More Electricity

PARIS, Oct 05 (IPS) - President Xi announced last month that China is stopping its financing for new coal-fired power plants overseas. With this announcement from Beijing, the governments of the world’s largest economies have now achieved a consensus to halt their overseas funding of coal plants in developing countries, thereby advancing global efforts to reduce future carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions.

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