Policy perspective demonstrates lagging Paris Agreement emissions commitments worldwide, highlighting the urgent need to reconsider nuclear energy for rapid decarbonization.
We are running out of time, as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned last October in a special report, Global Warming of 1.5°C . National commitments under the 2015 Paris Agreement are only the first step toward decarbonization, but most countries are already lagging behind. It is time to take a fresh look at the role that nuclear energy can play in decarbonizing the world's energy system.
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