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A coalition of national and sub-national governments, businesses and organisations working to advance the transition from unabated coal power to clean energy.

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@PastCoal
Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA)
8 months
BREAKING: 25 countries and the EU sign the Call to Action for No New Coal and call on others to do the same. 🇦🇴🇦🇹🇦🇺🇧🇪🇨🇦🇨🇴🇨🇾🇨🇿🇩🇰🇩🇴🇪🇹🇫🇷🇩🇪🇮🇹🇲🇹🇲🇦🇳🇱🇳🇴🇸🇰🇸🇮🇸🇪🇬🇧🇺🇬🇺🇾🇻🇺.
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Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA)
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UN outlines how renewables are outperforming coal📈. 🪙In most of the world, new solar has been cheaper than new coal for last 6yrs. ⏩Renewables are faster to deploy than coal by average of 5yrs. 🏁Total renewables generation set to surpass coal in 2025.
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Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA)
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Many OECD countries are seizing the economic benefits of a coal-to-clean transition. But how do more countries follow suit?. At #LCAW2025, speakers said it was through blended finance for coal retirement, transition plans, and No New Coal commitments 👉.
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Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA)
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"Energy transition can become a new growth engine for Korea” 🎉. But how can South Korea go from coal to clean power?. In this documentary, Head of Secretariat @JuliaSkorupska says the key steps are setting a phase-out date and national transition plan.
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Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA)
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“The direction of travel is clear: coal is on the way out, and more and more countries are delivering on their commitments to do so.” . The PPCA’s Pallavi Singh outlines the state of the global coal transition and the challenges that lie ahead⏩ .
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greeneconomycoalition.org
The transition off is not easy, but the coal era is ending, and the clean energy transition is accelerating.
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Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA)
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Coal phase-out in developing nations is challenging, but even there, coal can no longer compete with other, clean energy sources. Head of PPCA Secretariat @juliaskorupska says even countries with coal reserves can benefit economically from phase-out.
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Ireland is the latest European nation to stop using coal for electricity generation as the region adopts renewables to meet climate mandates.
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Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA)
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Renewables overtake coal power in Poland for the first time 🎉. In the EU’s most coal dependant country, the transition to clean energy is well underway. Now is the time for nations to phase out coal and secure the huge economic potential of renewables.
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ft.com
Latest data indicates progress for EU country most dependent on the fossil fuel
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Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA)
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RT @DamilolaSDG7: The global shift away from coal is accelerating!. At #LCAW2025, I joined @PastCoal and @Chile_in_the_UK for a Coal to Cle….
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Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA)
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RT @Chile_in_the_UK: Together with @PastCoal we hosted "The Coal to Clean Transition" with UK Climate Minister @KerryMP, Chile’s Energy Min….
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Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA)
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How to tackle rising energy prices and climate change all at once?. PPCA Member and former coal city Katowice, Poland is turning to renewables. The city has just adopted a renewables plan that promises “lower energy costs and greater energy independence”.
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Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA)
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Our two LCAW events saw:. ⏩OECD countries sharing lessons from coal phase-out (🇬🇧🇨🇱🇪🇸🇮🇪). ⏩Emerging economies discuss financing solutions to retire coal early. ⏩Business call for No New Coal commitments in NDC. Read more on the next steps before COP30:.
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Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA)
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@gonsaenzdemiera ‘One thing we hear from businesses above anything else is predictability from governments.’. Andrew Prag of We Mean Business says this means that, to encourage investment, countries should commit to No New Coal in the build-up to COP30 ⏩
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Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA)
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“We turned a challenge into an opportunity”. “For every job you lose in the fossil economy, you gain two in the green economy. This is the global average, in Spain it’s a lot more.”. @gonsaenzdemiera of Iberdrola speaking on Spain’s rapid transition from coal to clean.
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Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA)
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"There is no single model to how a country phases out coal". “But there are many examples of how countries, communities and businesses have worked together to make coal phase-out a reality". UK Minister McCarthy opening our event on progress and opportunity in coal transitions.
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Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA)
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We are delighted with the FT’s focus on solving the world’s coal problem, but last week’s article is doing a disservice to the progress made so far. Read our letter to the editor, and follow our LCAW events this week, to find out more:.
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From Julia Skorupska, Head of Secretariat, Powering Past Coal Alliance, London SE17, UK
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Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA)
1 month
What can we learn from successful coal phase-outs and how can we catalyse further action?. Register for our LCAW event to hear government, business and finance leaders take stock of the progress made since the Paris Agreement and plan for the decade ahead.
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Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA)
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The end of the coal era in Ireland, as the country ends coal use at its last coal power plant!.Coal phase-out has been accompanied by a growth in wind power, which currently amounts to 33% of Ireland’s electricity, second in Europe only to Denmark.
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irishtimes.com
Ireland’s largest power plant to be used as back-up as renewables hub is scaled up
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Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA)
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10 years after the Paris Agreement, what progress have we made on coal phase-out and what opportunities to accelerate it further do we have now? .Join us at London Climate Action Week to find out. You will hear from @KerryMP, @XFuentes, and many more 👉.
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Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA)
2 months
Latin America now has zero active coal power proposals. This is because renewables, not coal, are seen as giving a 'long-term competitive advantage'. To unlock green growth, countries should commit to no new coal - like new PPCA member Honduras👇.
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Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA)
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RT @fossiltreaty: ✊🏼Empieza el fin del carbón en América Latina. La región da un paso firme hacia el abandono de los combustibles fósiles,….
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Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA)
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RT @e3g: This major milestone is thanks to rising political momentum and regional cooperation on #CleanEnergy. ⚡. 🔹Brazil’s last planned co….
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