Planning & Economic Studies Section (PESS):
Capacity Building for Sustainable Energy Development

Climate change and sustainable development

The IAEA's Nuclear Applications Department contributes to sustainable development through nuclear techniques applied to medicine (both diagnosis and treatment), public health, nutrition, agriculture, removing landmines, food safety, erosion and climate tracking, water resources, pollution control and other industrial applications. Within the Nuclear Energy Department, PESS addresses international negotiations on climate change and sustainable development. In this context, the IAEA is initiating a new Coordinated Research Project (CRP) on Techno-economic evaluation of options for adapting nuclear and other energy infrastructure to long term climate change and extreme weather, in which participants will identify the risks from climate change and extreme weather events facing nuclear energy and other types of energy infrastructure in their respective countries in a comparative assessment. Interested IAEA Member States' institutes are invited to submit their proposals before COB 16 July 2012. To learn more about the new CRP please click here.

The links below connect to summaries, IAEA inputs and general information for key negotiations at international conferences and studies.

• 17th Session of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties / 7th Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol: CoP-17 / CMP-7 (28 November - 9 December 2011)
• 19th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development: CSD-19 (2-13 May 2011)
• 18th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development: CSD-18 (3-14 May 2010)
• 15th Session of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties / 5th Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol: CoP-15 / CMP-5 (7-18 December 2009)
• 17th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development: CSD-17 (4-15 May 2009)
• 14th Session of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties / 4th Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol: CoP-14 / MoP-4 (1-12 December 2008)
• 16th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development: CSD-16 (5-16 May 2008)
• 13th Session of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties / 3rd Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol: CoP-13 / MoP-3 (3-14 December 2007)
• 15th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development: CSD-15 (30 April-11 May 2007)
• 12th Session of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties / 2nd Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol: CoP-12 / MoP-2 (6-17 November 2006)
• 14th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development: CSD-14 (1-12 May 2006)
• 11th Session of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties / 1st Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol: CoP-11 / MoP-1 (28 November - 2 December 2005)
• IPCC Special Report on Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage (2005)
• The World Climate Change Conference (WCCC), Moscow (29 September - 3 October 2003)
• The World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), Johannesburg, South Africa (26 August - 4 September 2002)
• Part 2 of the 6th Session of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties: CoP-6bis (16-27 July 2001)
• 9th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development: CSD-9 (16-27 April 2001)
• 6th Session of the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties: CoP-6 (13-24 November 2000)
• World Energy Assessment (WEA, 2000)
• IPCC Special Report on Emissions Scenarios (SRES, 2000)