IAEA：2024年气候变化与核能发电报告英文版（106页）.pdf

1、Climate Change and Nuclear Power2024FINANCING NUCLEAR ENERGY IN LOW CARBON TRANSITIONSClimate Change and Nuclear Power2024FINANCING NUCLEAR ENERGY IN LOW CARBON TRANSITIONSFOREWORD RAFAEL MARIANO GROSSI Director General,International Atomic Energy AgencyFinancing Nuclear is Central to the Shift to N

2、et ZeroThe inclusion of nuclear in the first Global Stocktake under the Paris Agreement was nothing short of historic.After almost 30 years of United Nations climate conferences,countries both those using nuclear power and those not agreed that reaching global climate goals would require further inv

3、estment in nuclear power.This acknowledgement reflects how much global attitudes to nuclear have shifted in the past few years.Last December at COP28 in Dubai,more than 20 countries also pledged to work towards tripling nuclear power capacity by 2050.The twin catalysts of the change were the urgency

4、 of the climate crisis and the renewed push for energy security.When it comes to nuclear,fact based analysis and science have finally overcome misunderstanding and ideology.Now the challenge is to turn ambition into the hundreds of additional nuclear reactors we need to reach net zero.Time is of the

5、 essence.In the past year,levels of harmful greenhouse gas emissions and global temperatures reached new record highs.A relentless succession of floods,fires and droughts warn that we are running out of time.In March 2024,the IAEA shifted action into a higher gear when,together with the Government o

6、f Belgium,we hosted the first Nuclear Energy Summit.World leaders from more than 30 countries and the European Union gathered under Brusselss famous Atomium landmark and agreed to urgently put in place conducive financing conditions and to increase investment.The IAEAs support goes beyond high level