As Sweden’s new Social Democrat Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson attended her first European Council summit on Thursday, a debate over the inclusion of nuclear energy in the EU’s taxonomy...
Czechia urges EU to award nuclear energy ‘enabling’ status
The Czech parliament issued a resolution calling for EU support on nuclear energy, stressing that “nuclear power must be fully recognised as part of the solution to the low-carbon economy” and “as a...
Taxonomy: A much awaited end of year gift?
Jessica Johnson, Communications & EU Stakeholders Director, FORATOM As we come to the end of 2021, we continue to wait for news as to if, how and when the European Commission will add nuclear to...
Gas and nuclear: Fate of EU green taxonomy ‘now in the hands of von der Leyen’
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has taken charge of a soon-to-be-published list of sustainable investments amid controversy around the possible classification of fossil gas and...
France / EDF’s Lévy Says Time Is Right To Invest In New Reactors, But Gives Warning On Taxonomy
The time is right to invest in nuclear energy because global financing is abundant after two years of pandemic uncertainty, but it is essential reactors are included in the EU’s sustainable finance...
Austria ready to sue EU over nuclear’s inclusion in green finance taxonomy
Austria’s energy and climate minister Leonore Gewessler told EURACTIV in an exclusive interview that her country was ready to go to court if the EU decides to include nuclear power into the bloc’s...
Taxonomy / Five Countries Lobby Against Inclusion Of Nuclear Energy
Ministers from Germany, Austria, Portugal, Denmark and Luxembourg have announced that they are against the inclusion of nuclear energy in the European Union’s sustainable finance taxonomy.
Investors will reject EU ‘green’ label for gas and nuclear
An international group of 60 investors representing around €9 trillion has warned against including gas and nuclear in the new European taxonomy [classification] on sustainable finance.