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Nuclear included in the 47th G7 Summit’s low-carbon solutions for climate change
18 June 2021
Last week, the UK hosted the 47th G7 summit in St Ives, Cornwall and welcomed leaders from the United States, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan as well as leaders from the EU Commission, Australia, India, South Korea and South Africa.
In what has been one of the first in-person meetings in some time, and the first overseas trip for US President Joe Biden since his election, one of the key points on the agenda was the global response to climate change. The group outlined several commitments in its joint agenda for action, at the close of the summit. Alongside a pledge to reaffirm the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C threshold for climate warming, the group committed to accelerating zero emissions energy deployment and to the launching of a G7 Industrial Decarbonisation Agenda, which notes the importance of clean, inclusive, energy solutions to support industry to transition.
The joint agenda for action positively links the need to enhance industrial energy use and resource efficiency with accelerating the role of nuclear energy, along with other low-carbon technologies. Given that the G7 nations operate approximately 63 per cent of the world’s fleet (World Nuclear Association, 2021), they are powerful advocates for the use of nuclear and it is positive to see this grouping include nuclear in its agenda for decarbonisation.
Innovative, nuclear, solutions will have a positive impact on the global drive to reach Net Zero and it is encouraging to see the G7 taking this important step forward in backing nuclear power to deliver Net-Zero and decarbonisation.
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