They signed all these climate agreements, and all we got was a new world record for burning coal

This year, in spite of so many nations and large states swearing off fossil fuels, in spite of so many treaties and so many climate agreements, the world will consume more coal than it ever has in its history. According to the International Energy Agency, the world will burn more than 8 billion tons of coal in 2022 for the first time in human history. A major reason for coal’s resurgence is the constricted supply and high price of natural gas, thanks to the war in Ukraine.