 The use of unabated coal power is a key climate change mitigation measure, yet we are uncertain as to whether it is possible to phase out coal globally at a rate that will meet the Paris Agreement's goals. Previous studies have shown that individual countries have made progress in reducing their reliance on coal, but it is unclear if this progress can be replicated on a larger scale. In order to address this issue, researchers analyzed 72 national coal power phase-out pledges and found that they have covered 17% of the global coal power fleet, but their impact on emissions, up to 4.8 GtCo avoided by 2050, remains small compared to what is needed for achieving Paris climate targets. They also showed that the ambition of pledges is similar across countries and broadly in line with historical precedents of coal power decline. Additionally, they constructed scenarios of coal power decline based on empirically grounded assumptions about future diffusion and ambition of coal phase-out policies. These scenarios suggest that unabated coal power generation in 2022-2050 would be between the median generation in 2°C. This article was authored by Vadim Vinachenko, Marta Vettia, Jessica Jewel, and others. We are article.tv, links in the description below.