The 11 European Union countries that will continue to depend on coal in 2030

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The Paris agreement on climate change, signed in 2015, establishes that in 2030 no country should depend on coal in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A study by an NGO and a think tank reveals that, of the 21 EU member states that still use coal to generate electricity, 10 are committed to completely eliminating it by 2030. To achieve this goal, the EU has 26 billion euros in energy market modernization funds that countries can use to abandon coal. To limit global warming to a maximum of 2 degrees Celsius, as stipulated by the Paris Agreement reached by countries around the world in December 2015, it is imperative that states stop using coal .

However, many countries in the European Union (EU) have not yet planned to abandon coal , the combustion of which generates high CO2 emissions. According to the NGO Climate Action Network Europe and the British think tank Sandbag, 11 EU countries are in this situation, reports Euractiv . Only 8 EU countries have specifically planned to eliminate coal from their SW Business Directory energy mix , according to the European information website, based on the analysis of the 28 National Energy and Climate Plan projects presented by the Member States to the European Commission.  Sánchez announces that the 2021-2030 Energy and Climate Plan will mobilize 235,000 million euros, but does not clarify where the money will come from These are France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Finland, Portugal, Denmark and Austria. Two other countries, Sweden and the United Kingdom, have promised to exit coal but without giving a deadline .



In 2030, the capacities linked to this fossil fuel are expected to be mainly concentrated in 6 states , including Poland and Germany, with a total capacity of 60 gigawatts (GW) in the EU, 58% less than the current level of 143 GW. If Germany continues to use so much coal, it will be the country that will have to reduce its capacity the most (-61%), from 44.4 GW to 17 GW. By contrast, Bulgaria, Slovakia and Slovenia do not foresee any changes by 2030 . This situation has been denounced by NGOs and climate defenders. "Many of the Member States that have no plans to exit coal are already benefiting from various European programs to support the energy transition and require more funds," say the authors of the analysis published by Euractiv . Poland is reportedly pushing for additional funding as the country plans to cut its capacity by just.