COP26: 8 Ways Nuclear Science is Driving Climate Action

2 November 2021

Producer:
Thierno Diallo, Katy Laffan

From tracking water using isotope hydrology, to understanding oceans thanks to radiotracers, nuclear science and technology is playing a big part in tackling climate change. Climate change is the greatest environmental challenge of our time. If the world is to meet the agreed climate goals within the available time frame, we need mature, readily deployable solutions. As the only world forum in the nuclear field, the IAEA will continue to contribute to an informed debate on the benefits of nuclear power and applications in the many international events that will take place, including COP26, where political leaders, industry, scientists and civil society will discuss the way forward.

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Solutions for Climate Change: the IAEA and COP Sustainable Development Goal 13: Climate action Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications Isotopes Nuclear technology and applications Division of Physical and Chemical Sciences Isotope Hydrology Section Food security and climate change Oceans and climate change Nuclear power and climate change: Decarbonization Nuclear power and climate change: Decarbonization Climate change Water and climate change Assessing impact of climate change Resilience and adaptation to climate change

COP26: 8 Ways Nuclear Science is Driving Climate Action

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