"...China's announcement is one of the most significant developments on the climate front this year, as it may well mark the end of international public financing for coal plants," said GEM's coal program director, Christine Shearer. "We'll find many countries turning to alternative sources of power generation instead, and hopefully they are supported to ensure it's clean energy."
How long before they will focus on rapid reduction of domestic coal power stations? Is it tenable for them to deliver clean renewable energy to the rest of the world while their own population suffocates in polluted megacities?
There could be additional announcements from other nations over the next 40 days or so that could see an acceleration towards sustainability.
