Box 6.2, Figure

Box 6.2, Figure 1 | Retirement of coal-fired power plants to limit warming to 1.5°C and 2°C or lower. (a) Historical facility age at retirement, (b) the vintage year of existing units, (c) global coal capacity under different plant lifetimes, compared to capacity levels consistent with a well-below 2°C (green) and 1.5°C (blue) pathway assuming no new coal plants, and (d) and assuming plants currently under construction come online as scheduled, but those in planning or permitting stages are not built. Source: with permission from Cui et al. (2019).