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PEI Connect: Shutting a coal plant a day keeps climate change away

PEi Connect provides a brief look at what got our attention during the week (21-28 Oct), and first up we consider a report released by TransitionZero stating that the world needs to shut around one coal unit per day, from now until 2030 in order to keep warming at 1.5C.

Coal needs to go

The world will need to shut down almost 3,000 coal-fired power plants by 2030 if it has a chance of keeping temperature rises within 1.5°C. So says the latest research from climate think tank TransitionZero.

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