NUCLEAR DECARBONISATION

Grossi was on one of the five panel discussions held simultaneously during the summit and titled Catalysing Near-Term Implementation. The summit was hosted by International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol and COP26 President-Designate Alok Sharma, as a critical milestone on the road to COP26 in Glasgow in November. The event brought together representatives from energy and climate ministries from more than 40 countries, which together represent 80% of the world's population and also 80% of global carbon emissions.

Nuclear power is a present solution, he said, because it accounts for one-third of clean energy and in advanced economies its share is even more than that. It is also present because of the large number of countries that are considering the adoption of nuclear power as a low-carbon part of their electricity mix, he added.

It is also a future alternative through small modular reactors and micro-reactors, he said, since such new nuclear technologies will make this source of clean energy available to more countries. It is an 'articulator' in that it "unlocks the potential" of renewables by providing grid flexibility and stability in energy distribution "like no other" form of energy can, he said.

Grossi and Birol produced a joint op-ed last year to stress that the scale of the climate challenge means the world cannot afford to exclude nuclear power - its second-biggest source of low-carbon electricity. They wrote that low-carbon electricity generation will need to triple by 2040 to put the world on track to reach energy and climate goals and it is very difficult to see how this can be done without a considerable contribution from nuclear power.

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