Coal use to decline next year after record high in 2023: IEA

Paris (AFP) Dec 15, 2023

World coal consumption should start declining next year after peaking in 2023, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Friday. The IEA's latest forecast came after nearly 200 countries at the COP28 UN climate talks adopted a deal stating that the world will be "transitioning away from fossil fuels" to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 and limit global warming. Coal is the largest ene