Global climate efforts require nuclear energy — and t

Global climate efforts require nuclear energy — and the US is positioned to lead
Todd Allen, opinion contributor
© Getty Images
Global climate efforts require nuclear energy — and the US is positioned to lead
This year, the U.S. will set new Nationally Determined Contributions toward mitigating climate change, building on the Paris climate agreement. As promises for greenhouse gas reductions become more ambitious, international forecasts projecting that nuclear may contribute at most 10 percent of the global energy supply by 2050 are not ambitious enough
. These analyses miscalculate because they don't take emerging nuclear technologies into account. And they don't consider the magnitude of the challenge to decarbonize energy faster as the risks due to climate change grow. Our Nationally Determined Contributions should explicitly include nuclear energy.

Related Keywords

Paris , France General , France , , National Determined Contribution , Getty Images Global , Nationally Determined Contributions , Paris Agreement , National Determined , Change Conference , President Biden , Leaders Summit , Earth Day , Nationally Determined , பாரிஸ் , பிரான்ஸ் ஜநரல் , பிரான்ஸ் , தேசிய தீர்மானிக்கப்படுகிறது பங்களிப்பு , கெட்டி படங்கள் உலகளாவிய , தேசிய தீர்மானிக்கப்படுகிறது , மாற்றம் மாநாடு , ப்ரெஸிடெஂட் பிடென் , தலைவர்கள் உச்சிமாநாடு , பூமி நாள் , தேசிய அளவில் தீர்மானிக்கப்படுகிறது ,