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Climate change and nuclear power 2009 (2009)
| Author | IAEA |
| Date | November 2009 |
| Classification | 6.01.2.16/60 (NP & GREENHOUSE EFFECT - NUCLEAR POWER YES OR NO SOLUTION & SCENARIOS) |
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Introduction Climate change remains one of the principal problems the world is facing in the early 21st century. Together with the economic crisis and poverty, it is one of the three main global challenges highlighted in the declaration of the G8 Summit 2009 in L'Aquila, Italy. In their Declaration, leaders of the G8:" ... recognise the broad scientific view that the increase in global average temperature above pre-industrial levels ought not to exceed 2ºc ... " (see Ref. [1]). The possibility of global climate change resulting from increasing anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) has been a major concern in recent decades. A principal source of GHGs. Particularly carbon dioxide (CO2), is the fossil fuels burned by the energy sector. Energy demand is expected to increase dramatically in the 21st century, especially in developing countries, where population growth is fastest and, even today, some 1.6 billion people have no access to modem energy services. Without significant efforts to limit future GHG emissions, especially from the energy supply sector, the expected global increase in energy production and use could well trigger "dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system", to use the language of Article 2 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) [2].
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