New global alliance forms to quickly phase out coal

Greenpeace protestors on the Rhine at the UN Climate Change Conference, Bonn, Germany. Source: EPA

Twenty countries including New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Canada, have joined a new *global alliance pledging to quickly phase out coal. The launch of the alliance at the UN climate talks in Bonn highlights how Australia's continued support for coal is putting it increasingly at odds with some of its closest allies and Pacific neighbors.

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