The special envoy for the climate of the United States, John Kerry, defended this Wednesday (8) at COP27 the use of nuclear energy to combat climate change.
Kerry acknowledged that he was against this type of energy, which has already caused a series of disasters around the world, such as those in Chernobyl, in the former Soviet Union, in 1986, and in Fukushima, Japan, in 2011.
At COP27, however, he declared that nuclear energy is key to preventing global warming.
“We will simply not reach the goal of a net zero economy by 2050 without nuclear power”
said Kerry at the US booth at the event.
Soon after, the special climate envoy publicly launched a new initiative on the carbon market, led by the Americans.
According to Kerry, large companies that fail to meet their emissions reduction targets will be able to buy carbon credits from countries that give up using coal as an energy source.
Coal is the world’s most polluting energy source, but its use has been increasing in many regions since the war in Ukraine destabilized the oil and gas market.
Kerry said companies like Microsoft and PepsiCo are involved in creating the rules for this new initiative — as are some countries and environmental bodies.
Oil companies, however, are automatically excluded from this initiative.
Source: CNN Brasil
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