| Switzerland faces many challenges in its plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions while also phasing out its use of nuclear power, the International Energy Agency (IEA) remarked after reviewing the country's energy policy.
The country aims to reduce its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 20% by 2020. Meanwhile, the Swiss parliament resolved not to replace any of its nuclear power reactors at the end of their operating lives in response to the Fukushima accident in Japan in March 2011. "These are challenging objectives, and the country now needs to identify the most viable ways to meet them at least cost and minimum risk to energy security," the IEA said...............................................Full Article: Source
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