The UN Secretary General has called on governments to phase out coal in OECD countries by 2030 and by 2040 in the rest of the world as part of his Acceleration Agenda for September’s Climate Ambition Summit.24 The global coal phase-out is underway, but few countries get full marks The UK is the only country we analysed that is definitively on-track to phase out coal power on a 1.5°C compatible tim. [...] It has one of the cleanest power grids today, but it is also vulnerable to climate change.37 2021 was the driest year in almost a century, leading to low hydro power generation and a spike in fossil fuel use.38 Brazil is heading in the wrong direction when it comes to coal and fossil gas, thanks in part to measures from the previous administration that have not (yet) been reversed. [...] However, actions by former President Bolsonaro have delayed this retirement: in 2022, his administration passed a law to extend the life of a coal power complex until 2040 and require new coal capacity to be added to the system from 2028.46 The constitutionality of the law is being challenged in court and the case is pending.47 Until these unnecessary lifelines to the coal industry are reversed, w. [...] The government has not committed to phasing out coal and is moving in the opposite direction, adding new coal capacity and extending the life of existing facilities into the 2040s.106 To be 1.5°C compatible, Morocco would need to cut coal power generation to around a tenth in 2030, and completely phase out coal power by 2040, with support of the international community. [...] It has not committed to phasing out coal power, and continues to bring new capacity online.125 The viability of its remaining coal pipeline becomes more questionable by the day due to mounting financial risks and vulnerabilities, and decreasing investment interest in coal power.126 The pipeline has been cut in half compared to last year.127 To be 1.5°C compatible, the Turkish government needs to u.
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