I n november 2021, at a un summit in Glasgow, the world’s leaders declared to much fanfare that they were consigning coal to the ash heap of history. Governments promised to stop building coal-fired power plants, and financiers pledged to stop financing coal mines. Eighteen months on, however, the world’s dirtiest fuel is still smoking. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine set off a scramble for fossil fuels, pushing coal consumption to record levels in 2022. Even though the energy shock has faded, global coal demand is still set to rise a little this year. If the increase in the world’s temperature is to be limited to 1.5°C, coal production must fall by more than two-thirds over the course of this decade. Instead it is projected to fall by less than a fifth.
2021年11月，在格拉斯哥的联合国峰会上，全球领导人宣称他们正在将煤炭托运到历史上的灰烬堆中。政府承诺停止建造燃煤电厂，并承诺停止为煤矿融资。然而，十八个月以来，世界上最脏的燃料仍在吸烟。俄罗斯对乌克兰的入侵为化石燃料引发了争夺，使煤炭消费在2022年达到了创纪录的水平。尽管能源冲击逐渐消失，但今年的全球煤炭需求仍将增加。如果世界温度的升高限制为1.5°C，那么在这十年的时间里，煤炭的生产必须下降超过三分之二。相反，它预计将不到五分之一。
