With proper planning, countries can achieve a just transition. The World Bank is a global leader on support to countries in which coal mines are closing, wherever they are in the transition process.

Over millions of years, the organic deposits of this plant debris formed the world's first extensive coal deposits—coal that humans are still burning today. The growth of these forests removed ...

The World Bank has decades of experience supporting countries where coal mines and power plants are closing, wherever they are in the transition process. This includes looking at the interdependencies ...