What was achieved at COP30 - the 30th UN Climate Change Conference, held in Belém, Brazil - and what role did nuclear energy play? Here's an assessment from Jonathan Cobb, World Nuclear Association Senior Programme Lead, Climate.
 

After more than two decades of stagnation, global nuclear power capacity is set to increase by at least one-third to 2035, according to the latest World Energy Outlook from the International Energy Agency. Global nuclear generating capacity is expected to increase from 420 GWe in 2024 to 728 GWe in 2050 in a scenario based on existing energy policies.
 

US utility Constellation and infrastructure provider Xpansiv have announced plans to launch clean energy-based annual emission-free energy certificates on an online trading platform.

Singapore is "seriously studying the potential deployment of nuclear energy, especially newer technologies such as small modular reactors," Minister-in-charge of Energy and Science and Technology Tan See Leng said at the opening of Singapore International Energy Week.
 

The European Union's General Court has dismissed Austria's attempt to annul the European Commission's inclusion of certain gas and nuclear activities in its list of officially approved "green" investments.
 

In response to rising sea temperatures due to climate change, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power plans to improve the cooling performance at its nuclear power plants by upgrading cooling systems at each plant.
 

Emirates Global Aluminium and the Emirates Nuclear Energy Company have delivered the UAE's first low-carbon aluminium produced using electricity generated by the Barakah nuclear power plant.
 

South Africa's Minister of Electricity and Energy Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has told a G20 working group meeting that decarbonisation and development can be complementary, and nuclear energy should play its part.

The National Energy Dominance Council will advise on how the USA can produce more energy - with a remit that includes advising the president on the reopening of closed power plants, and bringing small modular reactors online.