UN chief seeks end to financing coal and wants no new coal power plants

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09 July, 2020, 04:55 pm
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UN chief seeks end to financing coal and wants no new coal power plants

"Coal has no place in Covid-19 recovery plans," Guterres said

Reuters
09 July, 2020, 04:55 pm
Last modified: 09 July, 2020, 04:56 pm
The United Nations logo is seen at the 2019 United Nations Climate Action Summit at UN headquarters in New York, US, September 23, 2019. Reuters/Lucas Jackson
The United Nations logo is seen at the 2019 United Nations Climate Action Summit at UN headquarters in New York, US, September 23, 2019. Reuters/Lucas Jackson

 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged countries on Thursday to stop financing for coal and to make a commitment not to build new coal-fired power plants to enable a shift to clean energy.

"Coal has no place in Covid-19 recovery plans," Guterres said, speaking via videolink to a clean energy transition summit hosted by the International Energy Agency.

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