Is Nuclear Deployment Too Slow for Net Zero?

Is Nuclear Deployment Too Slow for Net Zero?

IAEA
29 July 2025

Time: 11:00-12:00 (GMT +4) | Location: Atoms4Climate Pavilion

Nuclear energy is often considered too slow to be the sole or primary solution in meeting decarbonization targets. This event will hear from high level representatives of countries that are proving this myth wrong, and answering the question “what role can nuclear energy in attaining and maintaining net zero emissions?”

Speakers

  • Andrew Light, Assistant Secretary, Office of International Affairs, U.S. DOE 

  • Rafael Mariano Grossi, DG Director General, IAEA 

  • Daniel Westlén, State Secretary, Ministry for Climate and Environment, Sweden

  • Valérie Faudon, Executive Director, French Nuclear Society (Sfen)

  • Wang Kai, Vice President, CNNC Overseas International Investment Ltd

Moderator

Henri Paillere, IAEA