Call it deception. Nuclear power interests in the aftermath of the COP28 climate conference in Dubai this month crowed about a “recommendation” for a tripling of worldwide nuclear capacity to reduce carbon dioxide greenhouse gas emissions. The claim involves considerable slight-of-hand.
The UN conference endorsed tripling non-CO2 generating technologies, specifically renewables such as wind and solar. Almost as an afterthought, the text mentioned nuclear in passing. Nowhere did it call for tripling nuclear. It was the first mention of nuclear in any of the previous 27 COP reports.
Outside of the official COP proceeding, a group of 22 countries, including the U.S. and France, met separately in Dubai touting tripling nuclear capacity. The COP report had provided an opportunity for deliberate fakery.
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