Eric J. Lyman

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I am a U.S.-born freelance writer based in Rome. I have more than 20 years experience writing about environmental issues, and have covered more than 50 UN climate negotiations, more than any other journalist.

My work has been published by around 250 media outlets including the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the Economist, Time Magazine, and Bloomberg-BNA.

My Twitter handle is @EricJLyman.

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Despite fervour for renewables, thousands of coal plants are in the pipeline

There are nearly 2,500 coal plants in some stage of development worldwide. These will produce more than four times as much emissions as those which are permissible if global warming is to be kept below 2 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels. The alarm was raised by the Coal Gap report released by Climate Action

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What future for energy after COP21

The Paris document is important because it is the collective work of 195 countries and the first climate deal that will include some form of action for virtually every nation on the planet. But it also leaves most of the hardest decisions and difficult actions for the future. The agreement does oblige wealthy, industrialised