Climate agreement between Canada, India discusses renewable energy but omits coal

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Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says a new agreement signed Thursday to co-operate with India on climate action is an opportunity for Canada to export its renewable energy technology, particularly related to making renewable energy a reliable source of electricity.

But the agreement does not mention coal power, despite Canada leading a global movement to end the burning of coal for electricity and India being the second biggest producer and consumer of coal on the planet.

"When you look at some of the challenges that India has in terms of growing energy demand, growing population, the challenges with poverty alleviation, it would be very difficult for me to point fingers at India," he said. In 2017, Canada and the United Kingdom started the international Powering Past Coal alliance, which now has 48 countries on board. The agreement aims for developed nations to eliminate coal power by 2030, and every other nation by 2050.

Coal accounts for more than half of India's power and emissions from coal almost tripled from 2000 to 2020. Coal is now responsible for almost half of India's total carbon footprint.

 

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Canada and rest of Anglo saxon genocidal nations built their empire for 100 years on coal and poisoned eart. Now they want to stop other nations to develop by using it. So obvious but will not work. If westerners are stupid rest of the world is not

Who is this person he is not even government so piss off!

What does Alex Ovechkin have to do with it?

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Our environment minister would destroy our economy, our way of life to advance his agenda. Yes, we need to change the way we do things but this convict will gut the economy because Justin told him to. The entire Liberal party has been sold out to Klaus Schwab.

Is coal bad for the environment?

Anyone notice his last name is very close to “Gullible”? Collaborate on renewable technology? Hydro, windmills and solar panels is pretty much all we got Steve. I’m pretty sure India would implement them on their own if it would make any difference.

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