Japan, South Korea stick to coal despite global climate deal

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3. Let's add India to the discussion.

India says Paris climate deal won't affect plans to double coal output, Reuters 12/14/15

India still plans to double coal output by 2020 and rely on the resource for decades afterwards, a senior official said on Monday,

... "The environment is non-negotiable and we are extremely careful about it," Anil Swarup, the top bureaucrat in the coal ministry, told Reuters. &quot But) our dependence on coal will continue. There are no other alternatives available."

While India has plans to add 30 times more solar-powered generation capacity by 2022, there were limitations to clean energy and coal would remain the most efficient energy source for decades, he said.

Minister for Power, Coal and Renewable Energy, Piyush Goyal, said India's contribution to global greenhouse gases emissions was just 2.5 percent with 17 percent of the world's population, while developed countries contributed a fifth of emissions with just 5 percent of the world's population.

"While contributing to (the) growth of renewable energy, energy conservation & efficiency, we'll make sure our development process (does) not get hampered," Goyal said in a post on Twitter.

More: http://news.yahoo.com/india-push-ahead-coal-plans-paris-climate-deal-110724335--finance.html

India currrently has 300 million without electricity (or without power from the grid, not sure which), out of about 1.3 billion population ( 300/1300 = 23% without electricity or grid electricity ) -- both numbers come from a rapid Google search. And I don't think the quality of the power for most of those with electricity is very good, e.g. rotating power outages where many have power for only a few hours a day.

I wonder if China has improved on its agreement a year ago to stop growing emissions by 2030