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Nuclear power is "irreplaceable" and international cooperation in the technology "indispensible" in reducing global CO2 emissions, China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) President Jun Gu told delegates at the International Atomic Energy Agency's International Conference on Climate Change and the Role of Nuclear Power yesterday in Vienna. Climate change may in fact be an "opportunity to create a new era for nuclear energy", he said, and CNNC is "willing to work with all countries" to bring about a clean energy transition and mitigate climate change.

Date: Thursday, 10 October 2019
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/China-confident-of-new-era-for-nuclear-says-CNNC

As a result of higher energy consumption, CO2 emissions rose 1.7% last year and hit a new record, according to the latest data from the International Energy Agency (IEA). The Paris-based agency’s Global Energy & CO2 Status Report, released today, shows that the global energy system emitted 33 billion tonnes of CO2 in 2018.

Date: Tuesday, 26 March 2019
Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/IEA-demands-increase-in-clean-energy-as-emissions

International Atomic Energy Agency director general Yukiya Amano has told the IAEA’s 56th general conference that nuclear energy will remain an ‘important option’ for many countries, despite the Fukushima Daiichi accident. His announcement came as the agency released new projections of nuclear energy capacity to 2030, which show slower growth.

Date: Friday, 28 September 2012
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiaea-projects-slower-growth-of-nuclear-energy-to-2030