Energy ministers have agreed to back nuclear energy at the upcoming UN COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan next month.
Pro-nuclear France and anti-nuclear Germany reached a compromise to consider it as one of many "low-emission technologies" suitable for reducing carbon emissions — a long-held French goal.
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Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.
Wester is a journalist from the Netherlands with a focus on the green economy. He joined EUobserver in September 2021. Previously he was editor-in-chief of Vice, Motherboard, a science-based website, and climate economy journalist for The Correspondent.