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  Reports of coal's terminal decline may be exaggerated

Edenhofer, O., Steckel, J. C., Jakob, M., Bertram, C. (2018): Reports of coal's terminal decline may be exaggerated. - Environmental Research Letters, 13, 2, 024019.
https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaa3a2

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Edenhofer, Ottmar1, Author              
Steckel, Jan Christoph1, Author              
Jakob, M.2, Author
Bertram, Christoph1, Author              
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 Abstract: We estimate the cumulative future emissions expected to be released by coal power plants that are currently under construction, announced, or planned. Even though coal consumption has recently declined and plans to build new coal-fired capacities have been shelved, constructing all these planned coal-fired power plants would endanger national and international climate targets. Plans to build new coal-fired power capacity would likely undermine the credibility of some countries' (Intended) Nationally Determined Contributions submitted to the UNFCCC. If all the coal-fired power plants that are currently planned were built, the carbon budget for reaching the 2 °C temperature target would nearly be depleted. Propositions about 'coal's terminal decline' may thereby be premature. The phase-out of coal requires dedicated and well-designed policies. We discuss the political economy of policy options that could avoid a continued build-up of coal-fired power plants.

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 Dates: 2018
 Publication Status: Finally published
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 Rev. Type: Peer
 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aaa3a2
PIKDOMAIN: Sustainable Solutions - Research Domain III
Organisational keyword: RD3 - Transformation Pathways
eDoc: 7854
Research topic keyword: Economics
Research topic keyword: Mitigation
Research topic keyword: Climate Policy
Research topic keyword: Carbon Pricing
Working Group: Energy Systems
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Title: Environmental Research Letters
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Pages: - Volume / Issue: 13 (2) Sequence Number: 024019 Start / End Page: - Identifier: CoNE: https://publications.pik-potsdam.de/cone/journals/resource/150326