The change will be implemented with the help of a ten-point program which, among other things, means a ban on the sale of petrol and diesel cars, a quadrupling of offshore wine energy and small-scale nuclear power plants.
The investments are estimated to lead to 250,000 new jobs.
Coal power's share of energy production in the UK has already fallen from 40% to 1.5%.
But the environmental organization Greenpeace believes that more must be done.
- Air travel is something that a rich majority do, so you should be taxed the more you fly, says Doug Parr at Greenpeace.