The IEA is calling on China and India to put their climate pledges into action. The agency argues that there is a disconnect between the commitments made by both countries, and their continued reliance on coal energy. Global power generation from coal is expected to jump by nine percent in 2021 to a new high. The International Energy Agency has called on China and India to reduce coal power generation and put their climate pledges into action, describing both countries as “holding the key to future coal demand”. The world’s two largest coal producers – with economies that account for nearly three billion people combined – are currently responsible for two-thirds of coal demand: the dirtiest form of energy. Both countries were heavily criticised last month for watering down coal pledges at the COP26 climate summit , altering the phrasing of agreed plans to cut coal consumption from “phase […]