The Uncertain Transition Away From Coal—Stories from China and the United States
IISD’s Global Subsidies Initiative will be at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. to discuss opportunities and pitfalls of a transition away from coal mining.
IISD’s Global Subsidies Initiative will be at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.C. to discuss opportunities and pitfalls of a transition away from coal mining.
The discussion will focus on the transition in Shanxi, one of China’s three main coal-mining regions, and the lessons China can draw from countries that have undergone the economic and social transition away from coal.
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