PHASING OUT OF NUCLEAR ENERGY SECTOR BY GERMANY – THE NEED FOR THE SAME IN INDIA
Abstract
Climate change is presently the talk of the globe. The rising of the global temperature above the predestined levels being mentioned, is affecting every form of living and non - living beings. To ensure life sustenance created by Carbon dioxide (CO2) the mitigation and reduction of the same gaseous substance is required. This is being mandated and countries are working irrespective of their levels of development since the very first international environmental convention, the Stockholm Declaration, 1972. The Stockholm agreement mandates the member nations to innovate more energy technologies that could help in the mitigation of climate change. With respect to this renewable energy technologies were found and are in use with many innovations being made to reduce the cost simultaneously increasing the output. As a part of the clean energy transition to meet the targets set out by the member nations in the Conference of Parties 26 (COP 26), many countries came forward to adopt nuclear energy as a source of clean energy owing to the characteristics of clean energy it possesses, including India, China, many Asian and western countries. But Germany, being one of the earliest founders of nuclear energy, has withdrawn itself from the list of nuclear energy states. This is due to the negative sides of nuclear energy and its impact it has already created. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the dependability of the nuclear energy sector in the fight against climate change. This paper will address a brief about nuclear energy, the reasons why Germany withdrew itself from the nuclear energy race and whether India should rely upon the energy sector in lieu with the targets set in the COP 26 meeting.
Keyword : Climate change, COP 26, Nuclear energy, Renewable energy, SDG & Right to Life.
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