Korea joins global coalition to phase out coal power

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

54% : Decision includes ending unabated coal, unveiling a transition plan by 2026 South Korea on Tuesday officially joined a global coalition to phase out coal power, stepping up efforts to overhaul an electricity system still dominated by fossil fuels.
52% : The alliance's analysis holds that to meet the Paris Agreement goal of limiting global warming to preferably below 1.5 degrees Celsius, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and EU member states must phase out coal by 2030, with the rest of the world following by 2040. South Korea, which operates the world's seventh-largest coal power fleet by capacity, declared that as part of its PPCA membership, it will not build any new unabated coal-fired power plants, according to a press release issued by the Climate Ministry on Tuesday.

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