Powering Past Coal Alliance
General
Name of initiative | Powering Past Coal Alliance |
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LPAA initiative | No |
NAZCA Initiative | Yes |
Website address | https://poweringpastcoal.org/ |
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Starting year | 2017 |
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Secretariat | Bloomberg New Energy Finance |
Organisational structure | In April 2018 at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Global Future of Energy Summit in New York, the co-founders of the Alliance, Ministers McKenna and Perry, signed a letter of collaboration with Bloomberg Philanthropies to support best practice approaches to the coal transition. |
Geographical coverage | Global |
Name of lead organisation | Powering Past Coal Alliance |
Type of lead organisation | Other |
Location/Nationality of lead organisation | United States of America |
Description
Description | The members of the Powering Past Coal Alliance will work together to share real-world examples and best practices to support the phase-out of unabated coal, including through climate financing, and to adopt practical initiatives to support this transition, including through developing clean energy plans and targets. |
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Objectives | The commitment is to working together is informed by science-based benchmarks that show that EU and OECD countries must phase out unabated coal-fired electricity generation no later than 2030, with the rest of the world no later than 2050 to limit global warming and the impacts of climate change. |
Activities | Private sector partners are expected to make a specific commitment by joining the alliance that would contribute to the phase out of unabated coal from the power sector within a timeframe compatible with the Powering Past Coal declaration. The commitment depends on the nature of their business. (Unabated coal power generation refers to the use of coal without any technologies to substantially reduce its CO2 emissions, such as carbon capture and storage).
Large consumers of electricity commit to: Powering their operations without unabated coal-fired electricity. Recognizing that businesses must often connect to the grid in countries that still use coal, fulfilling this commitment can take the form of clean electricity contracts with utilities, Power Purchase Agreements that exclude coal, or the purchase of clean electricity certificates for a company’s operations. For example, commitments such as those made under the RE100 would enable a company to be a partner in the Alliance. Electricity suppliers or generators commit to: Phasing out unabated coal-fired power stations from their asset base within a timeframe compatible with the Paris Agreement, and not building new unabated coal-fired power stations without operational carbon capture and storage. Investors commit to: Restricting financing to existing unabated coal fired power stations to promote their phase-out within a timeframe compatible with the Paris Agreement, and restricting finance to new unabated coal fired power stations without operational carbon capture and storage. |
One or two success stories achieved |
Monitoring and Impacts
Function of initiative | Political dialogue | ||||
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Activity of initiative | Policy planning and recommendations | ||||
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Participants
Participants | Number | Names | ||||||
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Members | 92 | |||||||
Companies | 32 | Alterra Power Corp. (Canada),ArcTern Ventures (Canada),Autodesk (USA),Avant Garde Innovations (USA),BT (United Kingdom),Diageo (United Kingdom),Drax (United Kingdom),DSM (United Kingdom),Econet Group (Finland),EcoSmart (Belgium),Electricité de France - EDF (France),Engie (France),GeoExchange Coalition (Canada),GreenScience (Canada),Hermes Investment management (United Kingdom),Iberdrola (Spain),Kering (France),Marks and Spencer (United Kingdom),National Grid ESO (United Kingdom),Natura Cosmetics (Brazil),Ørsted (Denmark),Pacific Islands Development Forum (Fiji),Salesforce (USA),Schroders (United Kingdom),Scottish Power (United Kingdom),SSE (United Kingdom),The Church Commissioners for England (United Kingdom),Unilever (United Kingdom),Virgin Group (United Kingdom),XPND Capital (Canada). | ||||||
Business organisations | 0 | |||||||
Research and educational organisations | 0 | |||||||
Non-governmental organisations | 1 | Pacific Islands Development Forum (Fiji). | ||||||
National states | 32 | Canada, United Kingdom, Austria, Angola, Belgium, Costa Rica, Denmark, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Marshall Islands, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niue, Portugal, Senegal, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Tuvalu, Vanuatu. | ||||||
Governmental actors | 0 | |||||||
Regional / state / county actors | 22 | Australian Capital Territory (Australia), Alberta (Australia), British Colombia (Canada), Balearic Islands (Spain), California (USA), South Chungcheong Province (South Korea), Connecticut (USA), Hawaii (USA), Honolulu (USA), Minnesota (USA), Negros Oriental (Philippines), State of New Jersey (USA), State of New York (USA), Ontario (Canada), Oregon (USA), Quebec (Canada), Rotterdam (Netherlands), Scottish Government (United Kingdom), Sydney (Australia), Welsh Government (United Kingdom), State of Washington (USA). | ||||||
City / municipal actors | 3 | Vancouver (Canada), Los Angeles (USA), Melbourne (Australia). | ||||||
Intergovernmental organisations | 0 | |||||||
Financial Institutions | 2 | CCLA Investment Management (United Kingdom), Storebrand (Norway). | ||||||
Faith based organisations | 0 | |||||||
Other members | 0 | |||||||
Supporting partners | 0 | |||||||
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Have only national states as participators | No |
Theme
Transport | Agriculture | Forestry | Business | Financial institutions | Buildings | Industry | Waste | Cities and subnational governments | Short Term Pollutants | International maritime transport | Energy Supply | Fluorinated gases | Energy efficiency | Renewable energy | Supply chain emission reductions | Adaptation | Other | Resilience | Innovation | Energy Access and Efficiency | Private Finance |
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Not only have national states as participators