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Global climate change is already changing dramatically, with 1.1°C of global average warming since the preindustrial era. This past year, an unbearable, deadly heatwave scorched India and Pakistan, with the highest temperatures ever recorded. To avoid the increasingly dangerous, and in some cases, irreversible climate impacts, efforts to phase out coal generation need to accelerate six-fold, equivalent to retiring 925 average-sized coal plants each year through 2030. Delivering these transitions on time will require leaders everywhere to employ every tool at their disposal, including economic incentives, regulations and laws.