Kurt M. Campbell Deputy Secretary of State | Official Website
During the 29th U.N. Climate Change Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, U.S. Senior Advisor to the President for International Climate Policy John Podesta and National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi joined other endorsers of the Declaration to Triple Nuclear Energy. They announced progress on the declaration and welcomed new endorsers.
The United States introduced new domestic nuclear energy deployment targets and a framework for action. This includes a goal of 200 GW of new U.S. nuclear energy capacity by 2050, aiming to triple current levels.
The Declaration emphasizes nuclear energy's role in achieving global net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and maintaining the 1.5-degree Celsius target. Participants have pledged to triple nuclear energy capacity from 2020 levels by 2050 and ensure responsible operation of nuclear power plants with high standards of safety, sustainability, security, and non-proliferation.
New endorsers include El Salvador, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Nigeria, and Türkiye. The Declaration was initially announced at COP28 in Dubai with twenty-five countries endorsing it from four continents: Armenia, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Ghana, Hungary, Jamaica, Japan, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, The Netherlands, Poland, Republic of Korea, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States.
The United States is dedicated to advancing nuclear technologies for global decarbonization efforts and providing energy security worldwide.