22 Countries Pledge to Triple Nuclear Capacity in Push to Cut Fossil Fuels
The group, including Britain, France and the United States, said the agreement was critical to meeting nations’ climate commitments.
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The United States and 21 other countries pledged on Saturday at the United Nations climate summit in Dubai to triple nuclear energy capacity by 2050, saying the revival of nuclear power was critical for cutting carbon emissions to near zero in the coming decades.
美国和其他 21 个国家周六在迪拜举行的联合国气候峰会上承诺,到 2050 年将核能发电能力增加两倍,并表示核电的复兴对于未来几十年将碳排放量减少到接近于零的水平至关重要。