Kazakhstan joins Declaration to Triple Nuclear Energy by 2050

ALMATY. Nov 14 (Interfax) - Kazakhstan joined the Declaration to Triple Nuclear Energy by 2050 during the UN Climate Change Conference COP29 in Baku, the Kazakh Energy Ministry said in a press release.

"In his speech, the Deputy Minister [of Energy Sungat Yesimkhanov] said Kazakhstan had joined the Declaration to Triple Nuclear Energy by 2050 which is aimed at accelerating the decarbonization of the global economy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions in order to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement," the press release says.

Nuclear energy was recognized within the framework of the first global stocktake of the Paris Agreement as one of the key solutions for achieving the goal of limiting the temperature increase by 1.5°C, according to the press release.

"Kazakhstan views nuclear energy as an important component of its future energy balance, which will allow the republic to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060, to increase the share of clean energy sources and to ensure reliable energy supply," the press release says.

To date, 26 countries have already joined the Declaration: Armenia, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Ghana, Hungary, Jamaica, South Korea, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Ukraine, the UAE, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and Kazakhstan.

Kazakhstan's citizens voted in favor of building a nuclear power plant in the country at a referendum on October 6.