13 November 2017
Kathrin Gutmann and Bruce Nilles from the Europe Beyond Coal and the Beyond Coal sister campaigns talk in Bonn during the COP23 climate negotiations about the need to phase out coal by 2030 at the latest, and the momentum we currently have to make it happen sooner.
27 March 2023
When we first launched Europe Beyond Coal in 2017, Europe had 328 coal plants and only 3 countries with plans to quit coal. Fast forward to today and coal is in decline. Only 157 coal plants are left without a 2030 closure date and 23 countries are already coal-free or have a plan to quit coal. To solve the cost of living, security and climate crises, we must transform Europe’s power sector so that it is free of fossil fuels and based fully on renewable energy by 2035.
25 November 2019
Since the start of 2016, 69 coal plants have closed or announced to close in Europe, and a net 31 planned projects have been cancelled.
07 April 2022
People in Sivas, Turkey, have been suffering the toxic impacts of coal for three decades. They say they want change, and that installing σolar panels on the region’s coal sites is a big part of the answer.
03 August 2022
HELLENIC HOPE: RAPID SOLAR BUILD-OUT TRANSFORMS GREECE’S COAL-LADEN VALLEY OF TEARS [video]
Our new documentary video “Hope Beyond Coal in Greece’s Valley of Tears” vividly illustrates the challenge, promise and potential of […]
