The NEA and the Ministry for Climate and Enterprise of Sweden will co-host Roadmaps to New Nuclear 2024 where ministers, CEOs and other leaders will discuss concrete ways to make good on global pledges to increase nuclear energy production to fight climate change. Co-chaired by Swedish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Energy, Business and Industry, Ebba Busch, and NEA Director-General William D. Magwood, IV, this event will be held in Paris on 19-20 September 2024. This high-level meeting will mark another significant milestone in the global dialogue surrounding nuclear energy.
Building on the success of Roadmaps to New Nuclear 2023, ministers, senior government officials and industry representatives will convene to share recent experiences, deliberate on best practices and chart a collaborative path towards delivering new nuclear energy construction at the scale and pace required to meet the growing global expectations for nuclear energy. Whereas Roadmaps 2023 provided a general direction for collective action, which was followed by a pledge by more than 20 countries at COP28 to triple global nuclear energy capacity by 2050, this second meeting will focus on critical next steps to bring solutions to the countries most interested in proceeding with nuclear new build.
The conference sessions will explore how to unlock access to significant amounts of capital at competitive rates, how to ensure healthy and resilient supply chains as well as the skilled workforce that the future nuclear sector needs.
Roadmaps to New Nuclear 2024 aims to create a collaborative space for likeminded countries to re-establish the capacities needed for nuclear energy new build projects, where governments and industry can advance international collaboration, foster strategic partnerships, share best practices and learn from each other's experiences to deliver on their national priorities more effectively. In the lead-up to COP29, the outcomes of these exchanges will inform the development of actionable policy recommendations for policymakers, nuclear power companies and the nuclear energy sector more broadly.
