Feb 21st 2017
The World Coal Association (WCA) published today a new factsheet about the basic facts surrounding coal. The factsheet looks at how coal is formed, mined and produced and information about where...
Jun 22nd 2017
ASEAN Energy Insights In the third in our series of ASEAN Energy Insights, Liam McHugh, WCA Policy Manager, reviews low emission technology options across the ASEAN region. ASEAN requires an...
Jun 8th 2017
ASEAN Energy Insights The World Coal Association (WCA), in collaboration with the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE), has published a report looking at energy in the ASEAN region[1]. The report...
Jun 1st 2017
The World Coal Association (WCA) continues with its focus on coal in key economies with a new fact sheet on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)[1] region. Affordable, reliable and...
May 30th 2017
The last 18 months have been a landmark period for climate, environment and development negotiation processes, with the delivery of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement at COP21...
May 24th 2017
The World Coal Association (WCA), in collaboration with the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE), published last week the report “ASEAN’s Energy Equation”. The report is the first comprehensive cost-benefit...
Apr 25th 2017
A few weeks ago, I was in Colombia to see first-hand how responsible mining is contributing to local communities and the environment, and to also witness the work being done by the newest member of...
Feb 28th 2017
In a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in January, the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) and the World Coal Association (WCA) expressed their commitment to working together through...
Feb 16th 2017
This graph from Agora Energiewende demonstrates how little renewable energy contributed to the overall energy mix of Germany in December 2016 – and the intermittency of supplies. This is the...
Jan 25th 2017
The World Coal Association (WCA) advocates for policy parity for carbon capture use and storage (CCUS) alongside all low emission technologies. But why is policy parity for CCUS so important?...
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