What is the role of nuclear energy in achieving climate targets in global scenarios?
This factsheet analyses the role of nuclear energy in global climate scenarios. It shows, that a global tripling of nuclear capacity until 2050 is neither realistic nor is it needed to achieve climate targets according to the Paris agreement.
► Global climate scenarios show very different results for the future role of nuclear energy.
► Global climate scenarios show that nuclear energy is not needed to achieve climate targets according to the Paris agreement.
► Even with a high nuclear energy production, scenarios with low shares of renewable energy miss the climate targets. Thus, the build-up of renewable energy is the crucial and primary driver to achieve climate targets.
► An assessment of government policies of different countries around the world with respect to nuclear energy shows, that a considerable increase in nuclear energy until 2050 is not to be expected.
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