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By Dirk Heinz and Damian Kelly In the end, disappointingly, countries compromised to "phase down" rather than "phase out" coal, weakening the commitment to get rid of coal and giving those who want continued use of the polluting fuel the “green light” for ongoing coal mine developments, exports and new power plants. While this is the first ever climate deal to explicitly address reducing coal, unfortunately the compromise makes the path to limiting global warming to 1.5 degre