How coal made us rich — and why it needs to go

Coal powered a revolution in human prosperity that the world had never seen before. But it came at a price. Now Asia is the biggest consumer of coal — how can it quit its new addiction?

We're destroying our environment at an alarming rate. But it doesn't need to be this way. Our new channel Planet A explores the shift towards an eco-friendly world — and challenges our ideas about what dealing with climate change means. We look at the big and the small: What can we do and how the system needs to change. Every Friday we'll take a truly global look at how to get us out of this mess.

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READ MORE:

Coal use today:
https://www.iea.org/reports/coal-2020

China:
https://energyandcleanair.org/wp/wp-c...

Quitting coal:
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/...

https://climateanalytics.org/latest/c...

Capturing carbon dioxide:
https://www.globalccsinstitute.com/wp...

Author: Ajit Niranjan
Video Editor: Henning Goll
Editor: Kiyo Dörrer