Slovenia’s prime minister Janez Janša highlighted the need to create a realistic path to implement Paris agreement goals, including with the help of nuclear energy, as he addressed the World Leaders Summit at the Cop26 climate conference in Glasgow, Scotland.

Mr Janša said moving away from coal and oil is crucial in reaching climate goals and nuclear energy could replace fossil fuels as a transition energy source.

Mr Janša warned that Europe, accounting for just 8% of global emissions, could not address climate warming on its own and urged all countries to do their share. He said current measures are not enough to reach the goals set at the Paris climate conference in 2015. The key goal is to limit global warming to well below 2, preferably to 1.5 degrees Celsius, compared to pre-industrial levels.