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While pledges made during the COP26 climate change conference show that governments are committed to limiting the rise in global temperature, the nuclear industry is ready to play its part in achieving those objectives, says World Nuclear Association Director General Sama Bilbao y León.

Date: Saturday, 20 November 2021
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Viewpoint-COP26-pivotal-point-in-perception-of-nuc

In his column for Zeit online on 10 August, Theo Sommer, the respected editor-at-large at Die Zeit, said Germany still needs nuclear power. He asks: “Will the lights go out in Germany in 2023 because we are no longer producing enough electricity?” He says German electricity consumption is currently around 580TWh per year, while the Federal Economy Ministry estimates that demand will increase by 15% to 645 to 665TWh in 2030.

Date: Friday, 13 August 2021
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsrespected-german-intellectual-pleads-for-nuclear-8991276

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson today officially launched the next UN climate summit, joined by David Attenborough, the English broadcaster and natural historian, and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte at an event in central London. Johnson called on all nations to follow the lead the UK took last year in becoming the first country to make a legal commitment to achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.

Date: Wednesday, 05 February 2020
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/UK-launches-COP26-with-co-hosts-Italy

2 May (NucNet): The UK government must immediately set a legally binding target to cut greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050 with a fourfold increase in renewable energy complemented by “firm low-carbon power options” such as nuclear power, its official advisers have said.

Date: Thursday, 02 May 2019
Original article: nucnet.org/news/uk-must-set-zero-emissions-target-for-2050-and-use-low-carbon-nuclear-say-official-advisers

The United Kingdom's eight nuclear power stations produced more than one fifth (21%) of the UK’s low-carbon electricity in 2016, with intermittent renewables (wind , solar, established hydro and biomass) making up the remainder.

Date: Thursday, 27 July 2017
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsnuclear-produced-a-fifth-of-uk-electricity-5884632