Singapore joined the Powering Past Coal Alliance (PPCA) at the 26th Conference of Parties (COP-26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Glasgow on 4 November. It is one of the 27 new members and one of the first countries in Asia to do so. Singapore also signed the Global Coal to Clean Power Transition statement initiated by the UK COP-26 Presidency.

Under the PPCA Declaration, Singapore has committed to continue phasing out the use of unabated coal in its electricity mix by 2050 and to restrict direct government finance of unabated coal power internationally. Since independence, Singapore's reliance on coal has been marginal and makes up less than 2% of its power generation capacity today.

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