Coal
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【Report】 Particulate pollution (PM2.5) from coal electricity generation doubles the risk of mortality
A new study found that coal-burning PM2.5 containing sulfur dioxide is associated with higher mortality than other types of PM2.5 in the United States.
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【News】Transition Zero Warns Against Ammonia Co-firing in Japan
Transition Zero’s “Japan’s toxic narrative on ammonia” illustrates how ammonia co-firing with coal in Asian countries is a massive waste of capital and could have a negative impact on climate change.
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【News】OCCTO releases Aggregation of Electricity Supply Plan 2023: Coal to account for 32% of Japan’s energy in FY2032
The Organization for Cross-regional Coordination of Transmission Operators (OCCTO) has released its “Aggregation of Electricity Supply Plans for FY2023,” revealing that Japan is moving in a direction that is totally inconsistent with the 1.5°C target, the 2030FY energy mix, and the fading out of inefficient coal-fired thermal power generation.
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【Report】IEA publishes two new coal reports
JBC introduces two coal reports from the International Energy Agency (IEA) published in late 2022: “Coal in Net Zero Transitions: Strategies for Rapid, Secure and People-Centred Change” and “Coal 2022”.
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【Report】IEA releases World Energy Outlook 2022
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released its World Energy Outlook 2022, stating that we are entering a critical decade to achieve a more secure, sustainable, and affordable energy system.
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【Report】Urgewald releases “Global Coal Exit 2022”
German NGO Urgewald has released the Global Coal Exit List for 2022, which shows that many companies are still deeply involved in various coal-related businesses.
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【News】OCCTO releases Aggregation of Electricity Supply Plan 2022: Coal to account for 32% in FY2031
The Organization for Cross-regional Coordination of Transmission Operators (OCCTO) released its “Aggregation of Electricity Supply Plans for FY2022”, a compilation of supply plans submitted by electric utilities.
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【Report】 Japan’s Decarbonization Technologies Hinder Net Zero Target
TransitionZero has released the report “Coal-de-sac: Advanced Coal in Japan” which warns that extensive use of “advanced clean coal technologies” may hamper Japan’s 2050 net-zero target in Japan.
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[Report] Japanese Banks Continue to Support the Global Coal Industry
New publication “Financing Global Coal Exit 2021” shows Japan’s three megabanks sit alone as the top 3 worst financial institutions in terms of the amount of loans to coal-related industries.
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【News】With no coal exit policy, Japan falls short at COP26
Japan was awarded the “Fossil of the Day ” award at COP26, but there were a number of ways in which Japan fell short while the rest of the world made progress at COP26.
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[Report] Equator Compliant Climate Destruction (BankTrack)
BankTrack has released a report demonstrating that signatory banks to the Equator Principles have been involved in financing at least 200 fossil fuel projects.
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【News】Prime Minister Kishida’s COP26 speech wins Japan “Fossil of the Day” award
Repeating last year’s win, on November 2nd Japan was again awarded the “Fossil of the Day” award at the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held in Glasgow, UK