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G20’s coal declaration

  • November 7, 2021
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G20’s coal declaration

Subject – Environment

Context – G20’s coal declaration is cosmetic and too little, too late

Concept –

  • The G20 announcement to not invest in new coal across borders is a direct effort to climate-legitimise Chinese President Xi Jinping’s exact-similar announcement in September this year.
  • This may have miniscule effects on emissions considering that the world has to bridge a huge gap of 20 gigatonnes (Gt) of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per year to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
  • G20 countries are responsible for over 75 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions. CO2 emissions from the energy sector, primarily coal, are responsible for 78 per cent of greenhouse gases.
  • Among the 20 countries, China, the leader in global coal consumption, accounted for 53 per cent of the world’s coal power in 2020.
    • China consumed over half of all coal consumed around the world during the last decade and thus reduced the available carbon space for the future.
  • India, another major coal consumer, has 37 GW of new coal power plants under development and those of another 23 GW in the pipeline.

Development Finance Institutions (DFI)

  • Development Finance Institutions (DFI) had started a slow transition towards renewable energy a decade ago. Post the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, DFIs have already channelising most of their investments into clean / green energy.
  • This is especially true for DFIs based out of middle-income countries like the Brazilian Development Bank, Asian and African Development Bank, China Development Bank, Exim Bank of China, etc.
  • A third of all available development finance is provided by DFIs that support renewable energy and low-carbon energy development through financial or technical assistance.
  • As of today, there are three DFIs that have not committed to ending coal financing: the Development Bank of Latin America, the Islamic Development Bank and the New Development Bank.
  • Dates when each Development Finance Institution committed to clean energy –

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