Coal’s unexpected comeback: Middle East conflict drives a return to coal power Paolo AgnolucciNikita Makarenko June 17, 2026 This page in: English

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/coal-s-unexpected-comeback--middle-east-conflict-drives-a-return This blog post is part of a special series based on the April 2026 Commodity Markets Outlook, a flagship report published by the World Bank. This series features concise summaries of commodity-specific sections extracted from the report.