Just transition or just talk?

This report by Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe and Sandbag analyzes the draft National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) of 21 EU Member States that use coal for electricity. It finds that the EU is on track to miss the goal of stopping coal use by 2030 to limit global warming to 1.5°C, with 60 GW of capacity projected to remain in 2030.

• The EU is projected to have 60 GW of installed coal capacity in 2030, representing a 58% decrease from the 2019 level of 143 GW. This indicates the EU will miss the goal of stopping coal use for electricity by 2030 required to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C.
• Of the 21 EU Member States using coal for electricity, 8 have clear commitments to phase out coal between 2021 and 2030, 2 will phase out coal without an explicit objective in their draft NECPs, and 11 do not plan to phase out coal by 2030.
• The majority of the EU's remaining coal power capacity in 2030 is expected to be concentrated in six Member States: Poland, Germany, Czechia, Bulgaria, Romania, and Greece.
• Several Member States are receiving EU energy transition support through the Coal Regions in Transition Platform despite showing little or no intent to decrease coal capacity by 2030 in their NECPs. These include Czechia, Greece, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia.
• Air pollution from coal power stations in Bulgaria, Czechia, Poland, Romania, Greece, Slovakia, and Slovenia is estimated to cause 5,460 premature deaths and nearly 105,000 childhood asthma attacks annually, with a societal cost of up to approximately 16 billion euros.

APA

Flisowska, J., & Moore, C. (2019). Just transition or just talk? Ember. https://ember-energy.org/app/uploads/2020/03/Just-Transition-or-Just-Talk-2019.pdf

Chicago

Flisowska, Joanna, and Charles Moore. Just transition or just talk? Ember, 2019. https://ember-energy.org/app/uploads/2020/03/Just-Transition-or-Just-Talk-2019.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{flisowska2019just, author = {Flisowska, Joanna and Moore, Charles}, title = {{Just transition or just talk?}}, institution = {Ember}, year = {2019}, month = may, url = {https://ember-energy.org/app/uploads/2020/03/Just-Transition-or-Just-Talk-2019.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }