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CelloMom On Cars

The #UK #coal #phaseout was built on four key elements.

1. Availability of alternative electricity sources, sufficient to meet and exceed rising demand.

2. The end of new coal capacity.

3. Pricing externalities, such as air pollution and carbon dioxide (CO2), thus tipping the economic scales in favour of alternatives.

4. The government setting a clear phaseout timeline a decade in advance.

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Carbon Brief · Q&A: How the UK became the first G7 country to phase out coal powerThe UK’s last coal-fired power plant, Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire, is set to close at the end of this month, marking the end of a 142-year era of burning coal to generate electricity.
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CelloMom On Cars

"A growing number of climate analysts believe that 2023 may be recorded as the year in which annual #emissions reached a pinnacle before the global fossil fuel economy begins a terminal decline.

“It’s not a question of ‘if’, it’s just a matter of ‘how soon’ – and the sooner the better for all of us,” said Fatih Birol, the head of the IEA."

#PeakFossilFuel #PhaseOut
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Global emissions from 1870 to 2022 suggest a peak in recent years.
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Pauline von Hellermann

55/n #COP28 🧵 well now we have it: the Landmark Deal. The Schrödinger Cat of landmark deals: it both is and isn’t one! Yes, there is an agreement to “transition away”. Which is not nothing. But it is not at all, at all enough; the weakest, possible version you can imagine.

I just hope it’s enough of a wedge to make substantial further progress on #PhaseOut at #COP29 and #COP30. Clutching straws, I know, but you have to make the most of what you have

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Pauline von Hellermann

51/n I mean, it IS progress that the #COP28 overton window is now #PhaseOut vs #PhaseDown. Considering that 3 years ago fossil fuels were still not even mentioned. Now at least this is what is being talked about. BUT: we just have so little time; we really do need immediate commitment to #PhaseOut, not the longest possible, most watered down #PhaseDown version now being agreed (and then pledges not even being met, of course). It remains the case that many key world leaders still do not REALLY

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