Six nations join pledge to triple nuclear power by 2050 at COP29
During the World Climate Action Summit at COP29, six countries—El Salvador, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Nigeria, and Türkiye—endorsed the global commitment to triple nuclear energy capacity by 2050, bringing the total to 31 signatory nations. Initiated by France with 20 countries at COP28, the pledge underscores nuclear energy’s critical role in limiting global warming to 1.5°C per the Paris Agreement. World Nuclear Association (WNA) Director-General Sama Bilbao y León celebrated the new signatories, emphasizing nuclear energy’s…