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Nuclear energy to help Europe meet its 2030 climate and energy targets
The European Council adopted on 23 October 2014 the 2030 Climate and Energy Policy Framework put forward by the European Commission (EC) in March 2014. FORATOM welcomes the endorsement of a greenhouse...
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IEA recognizes significant role of nuclear in climate mitigation and security...
On 14 November 2014, Fatih Birol, Chief Economist at the International Energy Agency (IEA), presented the World Energy Outlook 2014 (WEO) in Brussels during an event organized by Friends of Europe in...
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NUCLEAR FOR CLIMATE: The international nuclear community gets together to...
The Lima climate change conference has just come to an end and shows that further efforts are necessary to reach an agreement capable of limiting the global average temperature increase to 2°C by the...
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“Nuclear is part of the solution for fighting climate change” says Rajendra...
During his visit to France, the Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Rajendra K. Pachauri (Nobel Prize winner 2007), recalled the need to develop all low-carbon technologies...
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39 associations from all over the world sign “Nuclear for Climate”...
During ICAPP (International Congress on Advances on nuclear Power Plants) in Nice, France, 39 nuclear societies, representing 50,000 scientists from 36 countries from all five continents jointly signed...
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« Founding father » of climatology supports nuclear (2)
James Hansen, the first scientist to theorize the existence of climate change, highlights the significant role of nuclear as a low-carbon energy. Renewable energies have a role to play in the future,...
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Nuclear to play significant role in IEA’s climate strategy (2)
The International Energy Agency (IEA) published on 15 June 2015 a new study, World Energy Outlook Special Report on Energy and Climate Change, in which it outlines its strategy for the world to limit...
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FORATOM takes part in EUSEW session on low-carbon economy (2)
On 18 June 2015, Jean-Pol Poncelet, FORATOM Director General, participated in a roundtable debate organised by the European Commission (EC) and entitled: Energy Union: what electricity mix can achieve...
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European Young Generation signs Nuclear for Climate declaration (2)
Just a few months ahead of the COP21 talks, the European Nuclear Young Generation Forum (ENYGF) took place in Paris from 22 to 26 June 2015. This year's Forum was dedicated to climate and environmental...
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Nuclear, one of the cheapest sources of low-carbon electricity according to...
FORATOM welcomes the publication on 31 August by the International Energy Agency (IEA) and OECD/Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) of the study, entitled Projected Costs of Generating Electricity-2015. The...
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Nuclear, an important part of climate change mitigation way forward says...
Interviewed in the framework of the Nuclear for Climate initiative, Stephen Tindale, CEO, Alvin Weinberg Foundation, a pro-advanced nuclear group in the UK and former Executive Director, Greenpeace UK...
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FORATOM Welcomes the Nuclear for Climate Initiative (2)
FORATOM welcomes the publication of the Nuclear for Climate initiative's position paper "Nuclear is part of the solution for fighting climate change". Ahead of the COP21 in Paris, FORATOM...
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