Fusion Energy at COP28: A promising emerging climate solution
Channel: IAEAvideo
Date: 2024-01-02

Fusion is developing fast and gaining momentum as a climate solution, the IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said at a COP28 event on 1 December 2023 in Dubai, which highlighted the critical turning point reached by fusion energy and the growing consensus that international partnerships in fusion are the way forward.

With the US announcement of the 'International Engagement Plan for Fusion Energy' at COP28, and in follow-up to the recent US-UK joint statement on fusion, this panel discussed their perspectives on these announcements and their wider fusion outlook after COP28.

Speakers:

Scott Hsu, Ph.D | Senior Advisor and Lead Fusion Coordinator Office of the Under Secretary for Science & Innovation | U.S. Department of Energy 

Tim Bestwick, Ph.D | Chief Development Officer and Deputy CEO | United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)

Stephanie Diem, Prof. | Assistant Professor | Department of Engineering Physics | University of Wisconsin - Madison 

Andrew Holland | Chief Executive Officer | Fusion Industry Association

Moderator: Adam Danilowicz, IAEA

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