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#Atoms4Climate: IAEA comes to COP27

The annual UN Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, commonly referred to as COP, brings together countries to negotiate and accelerate action towards the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement – an agreement... Continue reading

#Atoms4Climate: IAEA at COP27 to Highlight Nuclear’s Role in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

As world leaders convene at this year's UN Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), commonly referred to as COP27, the IAEA will host and participate in a number of events highlighting the importa... Continue reading

IAEA and FAO Send Seeds to International Space Station to Develop Crops Able to Adapt to Climate Change on Earth

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) launched seeds into space today as they intensify their joint efforts to develop new crops able to adapt to the ravages of climate chang... Continue reading

IAEA Team to Observe Sampling of Seawater, Marine Sediment and Fish near Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) experts will visit Japan next week to observe the collection and treatment of marine samples from the sea near the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. Continue reading

Update 124 – IAEA Director General Statement on Situation in Ukraine

External power has been restored to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhya Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) two days after it lost all access to off-site electricity in the latest incident highlighting the precarious nuclear safety and security situation at Europe’s largest... Continue reading

IAEA Launches New Reference Publication for Nuclear Safeguards

How do IAEA safeguards help curb the spread of nuclear weapons? What are the different activities that IAEA inspectors conduct at nuclear facilities? What are undeclared nuclear materials and activities? Continue reading

Safeguards Symposium 2022 Closes with a View to the Future

The IAEA’s 14th Symposium on International Safeguards drew to a close today with participants leaving Vienna with new ideas to support safeguards implementation around the world. Continue reading

Drones Help Central Asia Deal with Legacy Radiation

An emerging technology combining a drone with a highly sensitive gamma-ray detector is being deployed to monitor radiation at contaminated uranium legacy sites in Central Asia. Continue reading