Nuclear Energy at Scale: A New Pathway to Meet the Climate and Human Development Challenge

The world faces the twin challenges of managing climate change while also meeting needs for abundant energy for sustainable development. Nuclear energy is a necessary element to meeting both of those challenges, but, despite global momentum, it faces several impediments to deployment at scale, especially in embarking countries. Nuclear energy must change the way it is financed, licensed, and delivered. This two-part event will first showcase CATF’s new pathways, a suite of solutions designed to make nuclear energy relevant to the urgent climate and human development challenges of this century. Then, it will highlight the Global Playbook for Nuclear Energy Development in Embarking Countries, a joint work product of CATF, NTI, and EFI, outlining options for — and pathways to — the responsible, sustainable, and effective development of new nuclear projects and industries in nuclear new-comer countries. It will conclude with a panel discussion on these topics.

Speakers: Carlos Leipner, Global Director, Advanced Nuclear Energy, Clean Air Task Force; Ross Matzkin-Bridger, Senior Director, Nuclear Materials Security, Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI); Kathryn Huff, Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, U.S. Department of Energy; Henri Palliere, Head Planning and Economic Studies Section, IAEA; Michel Berthelemy, Chief of Staff & Nuclear Strategic Policy Advisor, OECD NEA; Stephen Yamoah, Executive Director, Nuclear Power Ghana; Ana Birchall, Special Envoy, Nuclearelectrica, Romania; Stephen Comello, Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, Energy Futures Initiative (EFI)