The Global Nuclear Weapons Watchdog

Event Date: 7th November 2023
Location: Internet 21:30 BST

  
FEATURED | PERRY WORLD HOUSE EVENT The World Today | The Global Nuclear Weapons Watchdog Tuesday, November 7, 2023 | 4:30 – 5:45 PM ET  The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) works to assure that nuclear technologies are used for the global good, despite challenges like natural disasters, conflict, and shifting power dynamics.

With geopolitical tensions on the rise and climate change escalating, can this UN agency continue to achieve its mandate? And is the peaceful and environmentally sound use of nuclear materials possible in our global future? Join as we discuss with IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi.  Read more

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been the “Atoms for Peace” agency within the United Nations since 1956. In that time, shifting power dynamics and climate change challenges have complicated its mandate to assure that nuclear technologies are used for the global good.

Nuclear energy can still be controversial and cause for concern, though. In 2011, a tsunami caused a nuclear meltdown in Fukushima, Japan. Unfolding conflict between Israel and Gaza in the Middle East, coupled with the collapse of the Iran Nuclear Deal, are creating nuclear stress in the region. And the Zaporzhzhia power plant remains caught in the crosshairs of the Russian war in Ukraine.

Join us on November 7 as we sit down with IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi to discuss how the IAEA works across such politically charged and environmentally precarious contexts, and what happens when countries don’t cooperate.Register here