Climate cash should also go to nuclear, says UN atomic chief [Video]

The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said Tuesday that atomic power should also be allowed to tap into climate change funds.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi said he wanted countries from Kenya to Malaysia to go for nuclear, while denying he was pushing for an “irresponsible race” towards civil atomic power.

Should nuclear get climate financing?

“It should. Already at COP28 in Dubai the international community — not just nuclear countries — agreed that nuclear energy needs to be accelerated.

We need to give ourselves the means to make things happen.

The dialogue with international financial institutions has started in a very positive way. I was at the World Bank this summer, and tomorrow we will meet with the EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development), as well as the Development Bank of Latin America.

Various financing bodies are …