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Nuclear power and climate change . (2009)
| Author | Shaun Burnie, Greenpeace Germany |
| Date | May 2009 |
| Classification | 6.01.2.18/13 (NP & GREENHOUSE EFFECT - FLEXIBLE MECHANISMS CDM/JI/EMISSION TRADE) |
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From the publication:
Nuclear Power and Climate Change Commissioned by Greenpeace Germany, May 26th 2009 Foreword After years of lurking in the shadows, nuclear power is now formally on the agenda of the international climate negotiations due to be concluded in Copenhagen, Denmark in December 2009. In the official first draft text circulated in advance of the June 1st-9th 2009 Bonn round of negotiations, nations party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change have been presented a range of options on the future of nuclear power within the post-20 12 climate framework. Given the near decade long exclusion of nuclear power from Kyoto's international mechanisms (Clean Development Mechanism, CDM, and Joint Implementation, JI) it was inevitable that efforts would be made to put it back on the agenda for the next framework period. Given the enormous challenges to devise a post-20 12 framework that will be effective in large-scale GHG reductions, it is indeed a dangerous development that nuclear power is once again on the international climate agenda. The motive of the nuclear industry is clear. Without access to the anticipated financing that will be part a Copenhagen agreement, the prospects for large scale expansion of nuclear power (in particular in the South) will be severely curtailed. This revised report, details the progression of nuclear power back on to the international climate agenda, and those lobbying for and against its resuscitation into the CDM and JI.
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