Low-carbon energy
Energetic Transition. Challenges and Outlooks

The carbon content of energy can be reduced by substituting natural gas for coal and by increasing the share of nuclear and renewable energy in the energy mix.

However, there are still many obstacles:

• Nuclear power faces high investment requirements and public resistance in many countries following the Chernobyl and Fukushima accidents. As a result, nuclear power’s share of global electricity generation has fallen sharply, from 17.5% in 1996 to just over 10% in 2019 ....