World Bank Says No to Nuclear as It Lays Out Universal Energy Plan

The leaders of the United Nations and World Bank have hatched a plan to make sure everybody in the world has access to electricity by 2030.  It would involve a huge ramp-up in electricity generation, including continued growth in renewables, and vast improvements in energy efficiency.  It would also require hundreds of billions a year in investments.

But not all energy sources are welcome.  “We don’t do nuclear energy,” World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said in announcing a push for financing for the plan.  (The World Bank doesn’t do much coal anymore either.)

The Sustainable Energy for All initiative is a joint effort by the U.N. and World Bank.

World Bank Says No to Nuclear as It Lays Out Universal Energy Plan