Andrea Clavarnio, Chairman of Assocarboni, the Italian coal association, has called for policies to support the development of cleaner coal technology – including carbon capture and storage – to be accepted at COP21.
US coal company, Peabody Energy, has called on policymakers to recognise the important role coal plays in the global energy mix and support development of high-efficiency low-emission coal and CCS technologies.
OECD countries, including the UE, Germany and Japan, have agreed to limit official export credits for subcritical and supercritical coal-fired power plants.