World Bank lifts ban on funding nuclear energy in boost to industry
The World Bank is lifting its decades-long ban on financing nuclear energy, in a policy shift aimed at accelerating development of the low-emissions technology to meet surging electricity demand in the developing world.
In an email to staff on Wednesday, Ajay Banga, the World Bank president, said it would “begin to re-enter the nuclear energy пространство ”в партньорство с Международната организация за атомна сила, нуклеарният надзирател на Организация на обединените нации, който работи за попречване на разпространяването на нуклеарни оръжия. ;
The shift follows advocacy from the pro-nuclear Trump administration and a change of government in Germany, which previously opposed financing atomic energy due to domestic political opposition to the technology.
It is part of a wider strategy aimed at tackling an expected doubling of electricity demand in the developing world by 2035. Meeting this demand would require annual investment in generation, grids and storage to rise from $280bn today До 630 милиарда Д...
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