North Macedonia is on the road to becoming the first Balkan country to completely end the production and burning of coal, and aims at achieving this feat by 2027 in favor of cleaner and greener energy sources.
All thermal-coal mining projects will be halted, confirmed Canadian authorities, as part of a drive to achieve a 2030 emission reduction goal, since this energy source significantly impacts the climate.
The government of Norway has expanded an existing national park to better protect an archipelago where polar bears can still hunt for their subsistence, by undertaking a clean-up of former coal mining sites.
Romania plans on phasing out coal completely by 2032, switching instead to renewable energies and the decarbonation of the transport system as the country wants to do its part for the European Green Deal.
South Korea’s public pension fund will soon completely halt any investment in coal energy source, coal mining and power generation industries alike.
The G7 nations have pledged to stop financing coal projects, and phasing out their support to fossil fuels by the end of this year in the hopes of meeting the climate change targets they already agreed upon.
With the closing of its last coal plant planned in November of 2021, Portugal will become the fourth European country to be coal-free, nine years prior to its original goal.
Poland is making history since authorities and unions signed an agreement with the coal industry to completely phase out coal production by 2049, and without penalizing workers.
Japan has a big announcement to make at the G7 summit this June: a plan to almost double its current 2030 target to cut greenhouse emissions!
The American government is taking important measures to protect millions of citizens affected by the air pollution from coal-fired power plants along the Eastern Coast.