Asia accounts for 75% of the world’s coal demand. The Chinese government has taken steps to limit pollution and support renewables. Yet coal consumption there rose in 2018, as it did the year before. In India coal demand grew by 9% last year. In Vietnam it swelled by almost a quarter. To keep the rise in global temperatures to no more than 1.5℃ relative to pre-industrial times, climatologists insist that almost all coal plants must shut by 2050, which means starting to act now. Today’s trends would keep the last coal plant open until 2079, estimates UBS, a bank. Asia’s coal-fired power regiment has a sprightly average age of 15, compared with a creaky 40 years in America, close to retirement.
Q: It can be inferred from the second para. that _______________.

A China has taken measures to curb carbon emissions

B India is home to the largest increase of coal demand

C All the coal plants will be closed in 2050

D Asia’s coal-fired power plants are close to retirement