国际原子能机构支持成员国执行巴黎气候变化协定

As part of this CRP, the IAEA supports the exchange of information and experience by hosting regular research coordination meetings. These meetings have facilitated extensive discussions on the development of national energy strategies, as well as information exchange between Member States and experts from the IAEA and other organizations.

The second of three meetings took place in Vienna in June 2018, marking the halfway stage of the CRP. Research teams gave presentations on policies, research progress and preliminary results. Many teams are using the established energy planning tools developed by the IAEA to explore alternative energy pathways suited to their unique conditions. The CRP will culminate with a third and final meeting in late 2019, where participating countries will present their detailed findings on the potential role of nuclear energy in national climate change mitigation over the coming decades.

Both the specific results and the foundation provided by this CRP are expected to contribute to the ongoing formulation and regular review of nationally determined contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement.

“The CRP has been an excellent platform to drive and reflect on research on nuclear power in South Africa,” said Tara Caetano, a senior researcher at the country’s Energy Research Centre. The CRP annual meetings provide a platform to share researchers’ work, enabling them to learn from others and their respective country experiences, she added.

Tools developed by the IAEA are helping Member States — including those participating in the CRP — to assess various options and strategies for their energy sector, including the role nuclear power can play in the future.

“In the past, Croatia has participated in and benefited from various IAEA activities and managed to enhance its energy planning capabilities and deploy the IAEA energy system assessment tools,” said Mario Tot, advisor at the Croatian Energy Institute. “We learn from others and we contribute for the benefit of others.”

Over the last four decades, the IAEA has developed a suite of analytical tools that include:

• EBS: (Energy Balance Studio) – to facilitate collection and organization of energy data;
• MESSAGE: (Model for Energy Supply System Alternatives and their General Environmental Impacts) – to analyse energy supply strategies;
• MAED: (Model for Analysis of Energy Demand) – to study future energy demand;
• WASP: (Wien Automatic System Planning Package) – to plan power sector expansion;
• FINPLAN: (Financial Analysis of Electric Sector Expansion Plans) – to assess financial implications of a power project;
• SIMPACTS: (Simplified Approach for Estimating Impacts of Electricity Generation) – to analyse impacts on human health and agriculture of a power project;
• ISED: (Indicators for Sustainable Energy Development) – to analyse and monitor sustainable energy development strategies;
• CLEW: (Climate, Land use, Energy and Water) – to analyse interactions among key resource systems.

The Paris Agreement and the essential role nuclear power has to play for the targets set to be met is a topic experts discussed during the IAEA's 2018 Scientific Forum. For more information about the Forum, titled Nuclear Technology for Climate: Mitigation, Monitoring and Adaptation, click here.