With COP29 underway in Baku, a growing number of European leaders have highlighted the importance of nuclear energy in producing clean energy, breaking with older rhetoric focusing solely on renewables.

Both Czech PM Petr Fiala and Italian PM Giorgia Meloni stressed nuclear power was essential for achieving global climate goals.

Speaking on the second day of the international climate conference in Azerbaijan’s capital, the Czech prime minister called for realism and emphasised the need for achievable and balanced climate targets.

“We will discontinue coal, and we will push for renewables and nuclear power. Nuclear power is essential to meet our climate goals, as it produces extremely clean energy and is also very safe. The Czech Republic has over 50 years of experience in nuclear power, and we are ready to assist any country,” Fiala said.