Around twenty countries, including the United States, France and the United Arab Emirates, called in a joint statement at COP28 to triple global nuclear power capacity by 2050 compared to 2020 to reduce dependence on coal and gas, the biggest challenge reduce this peak.
The announcement was made by John Kerry, the US climate envoy, in Dubai alongside several world leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron and Belgian Prime Minister Alexander De Croo. China and Russia, now the world’s largest builders of nuclear power plants, are not among the signatories.
In addition, Belgium has announced that it will organize the first world nuclear summit together with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in March 2024. Prime Minister De Croo himself stated that in his country “we are expanding two nuclear power plants, investing 100 million in innovations for small SMR reactors. And we are quadrupling our offshore wind energy capacity.”
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Von der Leyen is happy with the transition away from coal
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen welcomed the launch of the Coal Transition Accelerator, promoted at Cop28 by France together with the EU, the United States and a number of developing countries such as Indonesia and Vietnam.
“It will help us identify the right policies and funding streams to achieve our goal: a future without coal,” von der Leyen wrote in a tweet. “The EU,” he added, “is ready to lead the way.”
just and rapid transition”.
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