<Anchor> At the
General Assembly of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, countries including Korea announced a statement that they would phase out coal power generation. However, major countries such as the United States and China, which consume large amounts of coal, did not participate in the statement and are criticized for not being effective.
This is reporter Jeong Hye-kyung.
<Reporter> At
the UN Climate Change Convention General Assembly held in Glasgow, England, more than 190 countries have agreed to phase out coal power generation.
In particular, the UK government announced that more than 20 countries, including Korea, Ukraine, Vietnam, and Indonesia, have decided to make or advance the deadline for the end of coal use.
[Alok Sharma/Chairman of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: A coalition of 190 countries today agreed to end support for coal-fueled and new coal-fired power plants. We can confidently say that coal is no longer the 'king'.]
According to the statement, developed countries plan to stop using coal by the 2030s and developing countries by the 2040s.
However, some countries, such as Indonesia, put up conditions such as requests for additional aid from advanced countries instead of advancing the deadline.
The statement included an immediate halt to investment in new coal power plants and a rush to introduce clean energy.
However, major coal consumers such as the United States, China, Australia and India were excluded from the statement.
These countries have signed other pledges to 'make clean energy a priority' without completely excluding financial support for coal-fired power plants.