Webinar: "The End of Coal: Learning from the success of Ontario’s coal phase-out"
The question is not if coal will be phased out from our energy systems, but how. To explore this question, IISD hosted a web-based discussion of lessons learned from Ontario’s successful coal phase-out on June 30.
The question is not if coal will be phased out from our energy systems, but how. To explore this question, IISD hosted a web-based discussion of lessons learned from Ontario’s successful coal phase-out on June 30.
You can find out more and listen to a recording of the webinar here.
The webinar drew on IISD’s new report “The End of Coal: Ontario’s coal phase-out” that analyses the context, the champions, the concerns and arguments as well as the complementary policies that made coal phase-out possible in Ontario. The speakers include both those who led Ontario toward and through the coal phase-out and those who are interested in replication of this success internationally.
The speakers were:
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