Brussels, 28/01/2021 (Agence Europe) – While the Czech government could set a date on Monday 1 February for the closure of all its coal-fired power plants, the Europe Beyond Coal campaign launched by NGOs believes that none of the three options currently being considered by Prague - 2033, 2038 and 2043 - are in line with the European Union’s climate ambition or the Paris agreement. “The only logical choice for the Czech Republic is to set a Paris-compatible exit date for coal, which means that no coal-fired power plant should be operational beyond 2030”, said Elif Gündüzyeli, member of CAN Europe. NGOs further argue that two reports by the BloombergNEF research centre and the Ember think tank show that the Czech Republic could be out of coal by 2030. See reports: http://bit.ly/2MxuRWC and https://bit.ly/3j6Lo09 (DG)