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The term ‘unabated’ was used in regulatory approaches to pollution control over recent decades. Additionally, it increasingly applies to the challenge of reducing CO2 emissions from power plants. In May and June 2021, the term featured prominently in the IEA’s Net Zero Energy report and the official communiques from meetings of G7 Ministers and Leaders. Despite this increased prominence, references to ‘unabated coal’ can sometimes be more confusing than illuminating. This explainer clarifies the term and how it applies to coal-fired power generation. Defining Abatement and ‘Unabated’‘Unabated’ is a description of something that has not been ‘abated’. So what is abatement? If we take a look at the Merriam-Webster dictionary, we find the following definitions: to abate = to reduce in degree or intensity abatement = the act or process of reducing or otherwise abating something; abatement of pollution
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