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Climate change and nuclear power 2009 (2009)

Auteur	IAEA
Datum	november 2009
Classificatie	6.01.2.16/60 (KE & BROEIKAS - WEL/NIET OPLOSSING + SCENARIO'S)
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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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