Book contents
- Five Times Faster
- Reviews
- Five Times Faster
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Science
- Part II Economics
- Part III Diplomacy
- 18 A Foreseeable Failure
- 19 The Greatest Public Relations Gamble in History
- 20 System Change, Not Climate Change
- 21 Better Late Than Never
- 22 From Coal to Clean Power
- 23 From Oil to Electric Vehicles
- 24 From Deforestation to Sustainable Development
- 25 The Breakthrough Agenda
- 26 Tipping Cascades
- 27 Epilogue
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
22 - From Coal to Clean Power
from Part III - Diplomacy
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 March 2023
Book contents
- Five Times Faster
- Reviews
- Five Times Faster
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- 1 Introduction
- Part I Science
- Part II Economics
- Part III Diplomacy
- 18 A Foreseeable Failure
- 19 The Greatest Public Relations Gamble in History
- 20 System Change, Not Climate Change
- 21 Better Late Than Never
- 22 From Coal to Clean Power
- 23 From Oil to Electric Vehicles
- 24 From Deforestation to Sustainable Development
- 25 The Breakthrough Agenda
- 26 Tipping Cascades
- 27 Epilogue
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Despite solar and wind power generating the cheapest electricity in history, around forty countries are still building new coal-burning power plants – the worst thing anyone can do for climate change. How two years of campaigning led to twenty countries committing to phase-out coal power, and what needs to happen next.
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- Five Times FasterRethinking the Science, Economics, and Diplomacy of Climate Change, pp. 236 - 247Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023