NUCLEAR FOR CLIMATE
IAEA - 8 October 2021 - How can we fight climate change if we don't know where greenhouse gases are really coming from? A cutting-edge scientific technique is giving governments and industries the data they need. Scientists are using something called stable isotopes to 'fingerprint' each gas present in a sample of air – and trace its source. The International Atomic Energy Agency is working with the World Meteorological Organization to help countries perform these measurements and generate the data needed.
Climate change is the greatest environmental challenge of our time. If the world is to meet the agreed climate goals within the available time frame, we need mature, readily deployable solutions. Nuclear technology and applications contribute to tackling climate change. As the only world forum in the nuclear field, the IAEA will continue to contribute to an informed debate on the benefits of nuclear power and applications in the many international events that will take place, including COP26, where political leaders, industry, scientists and civil society will discuss the way forward.
Learn more about ways nuclear can help tackle climate change.
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2021, October, 8, 10:15:00
NUCLEAR POWER: TO INCREASE THREEFOLD
Global reactor capacity would need to increase threefold by 2050 to meet global net-zero emission targets.
2021, October, 6, 13:15:00
NUCLEAR CAN REPLACE COAL
While coal played a major role in the development of the modern world, it is also the primary reason behind climate change: according to 2019 data from the International Energy Agency (IEA), coal burning is responsible for more than 40 per cent of global carbon emissions and more than 75 per cent of emissions from electricity generation.
2021, September, 24, 11:10:00
NUCLEAR FOR CLIMATE AND DEVELOPMENT
The Group of Vienna will support the IAEA in its mission to accelerate and enlarge the contribution of nuclear technologies to meet environmental, social, and economic goals and to improve the health and well-being of people.
2021, September, 17, 12:00:00
NUCLEAR POWER WILL UP
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has revised up its projections of the potential growth of nuclear power capacity for electricity generation during the coming decades.
2021, June, 25, 12:30:00
NUCLEAR & RENEWABLES
The importance of nuclear power in helping to stabilize electricity grids and ensure a reliable and low carbon energy flow will increase with the rising share of renewables in the global energy mix,
2021, June, 7, 12:15:00
NUCLEAR POWER HELP CLIMATE
Today, nuclear energy plays a critical role in the fight against climate change.
2021, June, 4, 12:05:00
NUCLEAR FOR ZERO
Nuclear has a reliability factor of 80-90% (with many plants above 90%), compared with wind at 30-40% and solar at 10-25%.
