https://www.scmp.com/rss/510653/feed Christiana Figueres is a founding partner of Global Optimism, author and co-presenter of Outrage + Optimism. She was executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) from 2010-2016, overseeing delivery of the landmark Paris Agreement. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com “Coal is dead.” When Jim Barry, global head of infrastructure for the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, made this statement in 2017, his view was a controversial one. Today, it’s common sense. What is less well understood is that gas will inevitably follow the same rapid downward trajectory. And this has major implications for its backers in Asia, notably Japan, South Korea and China. When it comes to coal, nearly 1000 gigawatts (GW) of capacity has been cancelled since the Paris Climate... https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3146479/gas-coal-has-no-future-world-wakes-climate-emergency?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3146479/gas-coal-has-no-future-world-wakes-climate-emergency?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 29 Aug 2021 01:30:26 +0000