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New report

The business plans of major European coal burning utilities do not contain the necessary milestones on fossil fuel phase out and renewables deployment to deliver on their 2050 net zero pledges.

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Kathrin Gutmann wins Climate Breakthrough Award

Europe Beyond Coal’s campaign director, Kathrin Gutmann, is one of three winners of this year’s Climate Breakthrough Award.

Coal accelerating to history

But our job is not done after COP26

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Fast Fish

The transformation of an old coal mine to produce renewable energy is helping the Spanish town of Mieres adapt to life beyond coal.

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€500,000 a day is being wasted on bad decisions for coal

How much taxpayer money is Poland wasting to continue illegal coal mining at Turów?

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Coal Exit Tracker

Which countries are moving beyond coal? What is your government planning to do to ensure a fair, ambitious and managed phaseout of coal?

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Block Fossils Out

Help call out fossils & financiers for slowing action on the climate crisis with a new augmented reality filter, and block them with a new browser extension #BlockFossilsOut

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New report

The business plans of major European coal burning utilities do not contain the necessary milestones on fossil fuel phase out and renewables deployment to deliver on their 2050 net zero pledges.

Read the report

Kathrin Gutmann wins Climate Breakthrough Award

Europe Beyond Coal’s campaign director, Kathrin Gutmann, is one of three winners of this year’s Climate Breakthrough Award.

Coal accelerating to history

But our job is not done after COP26

Click to read

Fast Fish

The transformation of an old coal mine to produce renewable energy is helping the Spanish town of Mieres adapt to life beyond coal.

Read and watch

€500,000 a day is being wasted on bad decisions for coal

How much taxpayer money is Poland wasting to continue illegal coal mining at Turów?

Watch the latest count

Help us ban fossil fuel advertising and sponsorships

Join the European citizen's initiative that aims to outlaw greenwashing by fossil fuel companies across the European Union.

Sign the petition

Coal Exit Tracker

Which countries are moving beyond coal? What is your government planning to do to ensure a fair, ambitious and managed phaseout of coal?

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Block Fossils Out

Help call out fossils & financiers for slowing action on the climate crisis with a new augmented reality filter, and block them with a new browser extension #BlockFossilsOut

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EUROPEAN COAL PLANT COUNTDOWN

How many of Europe’s coal plants have retired since January 2016, and how many are left to go?

99

Retired +
Announced to retire

227

20

To go

50

Planned
projects

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MOVING BEYOND COAL

TO A RENEWABLES FUTURE

Mining and burning coal has devastating effects on public health, the environment, and the global climate. So does the extraction and burning of fossil gas. They are also holding back many communities, which are being given a false choice between jobs and health, when they can have both, through a just and fair transition to a fully renewables-based energy system. Here’s what we’re working on to make Europe fossil-free:

POWER

We’re in the end game for coal power in Europe, but there is a lot more to do to scale up renewable energy, exit fossil gas and protect our air, water, and climate.

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HEATING

Coal and fossil gas have long been used to heat our homes in winter, but with many new, much cleaner alternatives available we can heat our homes without warming our world.

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COAL REGIONS

As our energy systems modernise, coal regions are facing an uncertain future. They need support to fairly transition to a better future, and have huge potential with renewable energy.

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FINANCE AND CORPORATES

Coal and fossil gas finance is dirty money. The industry is only able to survive because it externalizes the worst costs of its business, and in most cases can only continue to do this as it is on life support from financial institutions.

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POWER

POWER

We’re in the end game for coal power in Europe, but there is a lot more to do to scale up renewable energy, exit fossil gas and protect our air, water, and climate.

Learn More

HEATING

HEATING

Coal and fossil gas have long been used to heat our homes in winter, but with many new, much cleaner alternatives available we can heat our homes without warming our world.

Learn More

COAL REGIONS

COAL REGIONS

As our energy systems modernise, coal regions are facing an uncertain future. They need support to fairly transition to a better future, and have huge potential with renewable energy.

Learn More

FINANCE AND CORPORATES

FINANCE AND CORPORATES

Coal and fossil gas finance is dirty money. The industry is only able to survive because it externalizes the worst costs of its business, and in most cases can only continue to do this as it is on life support from financial institutions.

Learn More

STORIES

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Fast Fish: Pioneers of Spain’s Energy Transition

The end of Spain’s coal industry presents communities on the front line with numerous challenges and opportunities. Find out how one former mining town has set about adapting to a post-coal world by retrofitting an old coal mine to produce emission-free heat for the community.

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NO REASON FOR EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO GREENLIGHT POLISH HARD COAL SUBSIDIES

The Polish government wants to launch a massive rescue mission for the country’s loss-making hard coal mining, with the hope that State aid will keep it on life support until 2049 – one minute to midnight for the EU to become net zero. Such a plan not only contravenes EU competition law, it will severely […]

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Coal accelerating to history – but our job is not done after COP26

The Glasgow climate negotiations closed with a first ever inclusion of coal and fossil fuels in the Glasgow climate pact. This confirms what we already knew: coal is history. The wave of coal phase out commitments in Europe continued in the run up to, and during the United Nations climate negotiations, and we encouragingly witnessed […]

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Fast Fish: Pioneers of Spain’s Energy Transition

The end of Spain’s coal industry presents communities on the front line with numerous challenges and opportunities. Find out how one former mining town has set about adapting to a post-coal world by retrofitting an old coal mine to produce emission-free heat for the community.

Learn More

NO REASON FOR EUROPEAN COMMISSION TO GREENLIGHT POLISH HARD COAL SUBSIDIES

The Polish government wants to launch a massive rescue mission for the country’s loss-making hard coal mining, with the hope that State aid will keep it on life support until 2049 – one minute to midnight for the EU to become net zero. Such a plan not only contravenes EU competition law, it will severely […]

Learn More

Coal accelerating to history – but our job is not done after COP26

The Glasgow climate negotiations closed with a first ever inclusion of coal and fossil fuels in the Glasgow climate pact. This confirms what we already knew: coal is history. The wave of coal phase out commitments in Europe continued in the run up to, and during the United Nations climate negotiations, and we encouragingly witnessed […]

Learn More

Fast Fish: Pioneers of Spain’s Energy Transition

The end of Spain’s coal industry presents communities on the front line with numerous challenges and opportunities. Find out how one former mining town has set about adapting to a post-coal world by retrofitting an old coal mine to produce emission-free heat for the community.

Learn More

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PARTNERS

Europe Beyond Coal supports and coordinates work with civil society groups working across the European continent, including the European Union, the Western Balkans, Turkey and the UK. Our partners have already had a lot of success moving Europe beyond coal, but there is a lot more to do to speed the transition to a better future for all. A fossil-free, renewables-powered Europe is inevitable, and coming fast. Together, we have the power to bring this better future forward.

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