United Nations, July 10 -- India is a "good example as solar auctions have seen popularity amidst the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, UN chief Antonio Guterres said on Thursday, underlining that renewable energy is the only energy source expected to grow in 2020 and offers more jobs than the fossil fuel industry.

In his remarks to the International Energy Agency Clean Energy Transition Summit', UN Secretary General Guterres urged the international community to commit to no new coal and to end all external financing of coal in the developing world. Coal has no place in COVID-19 recovery plans.

Nations must commit to net-zero emissions by 2050 and submit more ambitious national climate plans before COP-26 next year, he said."The seeds of...