The UN Climate Change Summit, Climate Emergency, Emissions Reduction and International Trade in Coal
“Problem Solving, R&D, Equity and the Paris Agreement” TAGS: UN climate change summit; Paris Agreement; emissions; global school strikes; Greta Thunberg; equity; coal; international trade; climate justice; R&D; carbon dioxide removal technologies; relevant and reliable science; Biodiversity Convention; CITES. A focus of the UN Climate Change Summit convened by UN Secretary-General António Guterres in New York in September 2019 was the urgency to address the global climate crisis . The Summit highlighted the need for greater ambition and accelerated action from the world’s largest emitting economies to reduce emissions; and to implement the goals of the Paris Agreement . A problem area identified for emission reductions related to the future use of fossil fuels and coal-generated energy. Energy is an intrinsic component for a sustainable future. This article sets out a pathway for accelerated R&D to evaluate whether the future use of coal will pose