Climate activist Greta Thunberg has previously criticised nuclear power. So, why is she now backing it, and how does it compare to coal?
Climate activist Greta Thunberg this week criticised Germany’s decision to reopen coal power plants rather than rely on existing nuclear energy sources to get through the upcoming winter., and was due to complete its closure of nuclear plants by the end of this year.However, the German government has since said it will extend the operating time frame for two of its last nuclear plants until April 2023 as the nation braces for a winter without Russian gas.
However, in July, Ms Thunberg opposed nuclear power being approved as a form of clean energy by the European Union as it moves to reduce carbon emissions. Director of the Australian National University's Energy Change Institute, Kenneth Baldwin, told SBS News that while countries such as Germany are scaling up renewable energies “very rapidly”, they “can't do it at the rate needed to compensate for the loss of Russian gas”, leaving the nation with a dilemma over whether to increase its reliance on nuclear or coal.
In its April report, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recommended drastically scaling back global coal use as well as global oil use.'A file of shame': UN chief takes aim as damning new climate report urges phase-out of coal and oil
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