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EU to launch COP26 project with South Africa to speed up coal exit
(Reuters, 28 Oct 2021) EU to work with South Africa to help phase out use of coal, the most polluting fossil fuel which could stifle Paris Agreement targets.
The European Union will launch a project with South Africa at the COP26 climate summit to speed up the country's exit from coal, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday.
"The idea is that the countries support South Africa to phase out of coal faster and to go earlier and faster into developing renewables. We're still working on that," von der Leyen told a news conference, adding that the United States, the UK, Germany and France were also involved.
The initiative is to be launched at the COP26 climate summit from Oct. 31 to Nov. 12 in Glasgow, Scotland.
Coal is the most polluting fossil fuel, and phasing it out quickly is seen as crucial if the world is to meet the Paris Agreement's target to limit global warming to 1.5 C and avert the most catastrophic impacts of climate change.
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Reuters, 28 Oct 2021: EU to launch COP26 project with South Africa to speed up coal exit
