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Climate Change’s Effects on Mountain Regions: Insights from FAO/IAEA Scientific Expeditions to the Andes

Since the 1950s, almost all of the world’s glaciers have been retreating, according to the latest report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. This is unprecedented in at least the last 2 000 years, scientists say, and is ver... Continue reading

COP26: 8 Ways Nuclear Science is Driving Climate Action

From tracking water using isotope hydrology, to understanding oceans thanks to radiotracers, nuclear science and technology is playing a big part in tackling climate change. Continue reading

IAEA Concludes Long Term Operational Safety Review at Sweden’s Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts completed a review of long term operational safety of Unit 1 and 2 at the Forsmark Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Sweden last week. Continue reading

IAEA Arrives at COP26

The annual COP brings together countries to negotiate and accelerate action towards the goals of the 2015 Paris Agreement – an agreement adopted by 196 countries aiming to limit global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius, preferably to 1.5 degree Celsiu... Continue reading

IAEA Conference on Sustainable Solutions in Radioactive Waste Management Opens

Participants from around the world are discussing solutions for the safe and responsible management of radioactive waste at the IAEA International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management: Solutions for a Sustainable Future, which opened today at IAE... Continue reading

IAEA at COP26: How Nuclear Power and Technologies Can Help Tackle Climate Change

Nuclear is, and will be, part of the solution if we are to achieve the goal of limiting global warming to below 2 degrees Celsius, said IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, ahead of next week’s 26th Conference of the Parties to the United Natio... Continue reading

DG Visit Highlights Belgium’s Nuclear Know-How and Commitment to IAEA

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi met with Belgian Ministers this week during his two-day trip to Brussels. Belgium, an IAEA Member State since 1958, has operated nuclear plants since 1974 and is a strong supporter of IAEA initiatives to prom... Continue reading

IAEA Director General Meets with EU: Human Health, Energy and Non-Proliferation

The European Union (EU) is a close and valued partner in nuclear security and safeguards and can look to the IAEA for support in furthering sustainable development around the world, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi told senior EU officials t... Continue reading