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![Coal's rapid phase-out essential, not enough to stay below 2°C warming](https://ca1-clm.edcdn.com/publications/_c400x565/CAT_2014-09-22_GlobalPhaseOutOfCoal_PolicyBrief.pdf-74664.jpg?v=1706709232)
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A rapid phase-out of coal as an electricity source by 2050 would reduce warming by half a degree, according to the Climate Action Tracker, in an update released today ahead of the Ban Ki-moon climate summit. Under current Government policies, the world is on track to warm by 3.7°C by 2100.
![Australian Energy "Green Paper" foresees continuing increase in coal use: undermines 2°C goal and heads towards 4°C world](https://ca1-clm.edcdn.com/masthead/_c400x565/pat-whelen-eZ3Whi6wz9k-unsplash.jpg?v=1706709233)
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Australia's new 'Green Paper' assumes rapid increases in coal demand from Asian economies and proposes to align Australian government policies to facilitate accelerated approval of developments to support this.
![China and the US: how does their climate action compare?](https://ca1-clm.edcdn.com/publications/_c400x565/CAT_2014-10-21_ComparisonChinaAndUS_PolicyBrief.pdf-75756.jpg?v=1706709233)
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By improving action of China and the US to global best practice, these two largest emitters could decrease domestic emissions to a level compatible with 2°C and together close 23% of the 2020 emissions gap.
![Below 2°C or 1.5°C depends on rapid action from both Annex I and non-Annex I countries](https://ca1-clm.edcdn.com/publications/_c400x565/cat_bonn_policy_update_jun2014_2.pdf-7394.jpg?v=1706698123)
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![Analysis of current greenhouse gas emission trends](https://ca1-clm.edcdn.com/publications/_c400x565/CAT_2013-11-30_GreenhouseGasEmissionTrendsFullReport_PolicyBrief.pdf-74494.jpg?v=1706817946)
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The Climate Action Tracker shows that implemented government policies will lead to warming of 3.7°C by the end of this century, about 0.6°C higher than that under the Copenhagen pledges.