The result of several engagements and in-depth analyses by partners, this Coal Transition Commission report highlights critical actions that can be taken in the near term to accelerate the coal to clean transition. The report identifies around 150 gigawatts of operating coal capacity worldwide, roughly one third of the assessed fleet, as near-term opportunities for exploring early retirement and replacement with clean energy.
The report outlines pathways to grow today’s modest set of coal retirement projects into a scalable global project pipeline, demonstrating that successful coal-to-clean transitions depend on combining transition-ready assets, innovative financial, technical, and contractual solutions and enabling policy and planning. By scaling proven solutions where enabling conditions are favourable, improving coordination, innovating for harder-to-transition assets, and investing in the policy and institutional foundations in more challenging markets, it is possible to unlock credible, investable pathways for the global coal-to-clean transition.