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he secretary general
of the OECD group of the world's 34 richest nations has issued a dramatic plea
to its members to act now to end 'unabated coal' burning, writes Alex Kirby,
and invest in renewables around the world to prevent climate disaster.
The future of coal has come under scrutiny from a perhaps
unlikely source - the head of the organisation representing wealthy nations
that relied on coal for 32% of electricity generation last year.
Angel Gurría, secretary-general of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), said the scale of new investments
in "unabated" coal-fired electricity generation - where greenhouse
gases are emitted directly to the atmosphere - posed the most urgent threat to
the Earth's climate.
Read the Ecologist
story - “OECD chief: World must ditch coal, go renewable”.
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