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
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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