We will strictly limit the increase in coal consumption over the 14th five-year plan period (2021-2025) and phase it down in the 15th five-year plan period (2026-2030)
The Kyoto Protocol was the first serious effort to not only acknowledging a role of humans in global warming, but to also implement measures to reducing this impact caused by greenhouse gas emissions. Since then, carbon emissions have been rising constantly, largely fuelled by considerable economic growth.
With almost 13.976 MtCO2, coal was the biggest source of carbon emissions in 2020 (almost 30%).
Most emissions from coal in 2020 were produced in China (7421 MtCO2), followed by India (1.588 MtCO2), United States of America (889 MtCO2), Japan (403 MtCO2). and South Africa (394 MtCO2). Russia, Indonesia, South Korea, Germany and Kazakhstan complete the top 10.
