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  “The defense of nuclear power as a low-carbon energy weakens the European Union’s action against climate change”

 “The defense of nuclear power as a low-carbon energy weakens the
European Union’s action against climate change”.

The Renewable Energies for All association denounces, in a column in “Le Monde”, the
deleterious effects of the inclusion of nuclear power in the French and
European objectives for the deployment of renewable solutions.

Seeking to relaunch nuclear power whatever the cost, France is not only missing a
historic opportunity for a rapid and less costly transition to renewable
energies and decarbonization.

It weakens the climate ambition of theEuropean Union (EU). The reintegration of current nuclear production in Europe – 6% of its final energy – into the objective of 42.5% renewable
energies set by the RED III directive [Renewable Energy Directive III]
would create an accounting artifice and lead to vagueness strategic in a
field which nevertheless needs a long-term vision.

 Le Monde 13th Jan 2024

https://www.lemonde.fr/idees/article/2024/01/13/la-defense-du-nucleaire-comme-energie-bas-carbone-affaiblit-l-action-de-l-union-europeenne-contre-le-changement-climatique_6210624_3232.html

January 15, 2024 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | climate change, EUROPE