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The coal price has skyrocketed in 2021 – what does it mean for net zero?

  • Written by Michael Tamvakis, Professor of Commodity Economics and Finance, City, University of London
The coal price has skyrocketed in 2021 – what does it mean for net zero?Andrey Andreyev, CC BY-SA

It is only a few days since the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) signalled the dire consequences of human-induced climate change. At the heart of this stark warning by UN Secretary General António Guterres and the scientists behind the report was the urgent need to heavily...