Young nuclear campaigner Will Shackel has slammed Australia’s attempts to combat climate change as “simply embarrassing” as he pushes for a nuclear ban to be lifted.
“Obviously I’m not going to be one of the main people in those negotiations but hopefully I’ll have some role and some ability to change some minds whilst they’re at COP 28 and hopefully bring nuclear energy into the agenda,” he told Sky News Australia host Chris Kenny on Tuesday night. Mr Shackel is the founder of Australia’s first youth-led campaign for nuclear energy – Nuclear for Australia – and has been a trailblazer for trying to legalise nuclear energy, gathering about 10,000 signatures on a petition and appeared in front of an Australian Senate Committee in Canberra to argue why he believes it should be legalised.
The teenager’s strong passion on the issue is further strengthened by his desire to look out for his generation in the fight against climate change.