COP 26 2021
The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report highlights the growing climate crisis and the energy challenges we face.
We need an to clean and renewable energy and national governments need to actively facilitate and manage the transition from reliance on fossil fuels and nuclear to renewable energy. This global transition to clean, safe, nature-friendly renewable energy is already underway and is generating employment and opportunity. Growing this based on principles of environmental and social justice, equity, diversity, resilience and the rights and interests of communities and our environment will provide skilled and sustainable jobs, economic activity and reliable electricity access around the world.
Every dollar invested in nuclear power makes the by diverting investment from renewable energy technology. Nuclear is increasingly unsafe and unreliable in a warming world with more frequent shutdowns and an inability to operate safely under changed climate conditions. From nuclear weapons tests to radioactive waste facilities the nuclear industry has a history of displacing, disrupting and damaging the health and rights of workers and communities. Indigenous Peoples, Black, and Peoples of Color, face a disproportionate burden and risk from the nuclear industry as mining and waste storage primarily affects their lands and they are often not consulted, compensated or respected.
Nuclear is slow, expensive and dangerous. It is not carbon neutral and poses unique security and . We do not have the time to wait for the industry to recover from its own economic failures, overcome construction delays or to fulfil the false promise of new technology.
The legacy of contaminated mining zones, nuclear weapons fallout and the unresolved issue of nuclear waste demonstrate the profound risks of nuclear power. These risks are amplified by the changing climate and are in fundamental conflict with the foundation principles of sustainability and intergenerational equity.
Renewables give us the ability to make a just transition for energy sector workers, their families and communities and to provide secure global access to sustainable low carbon electricity. Renewable energy is real, affordable, low risk and clean. Nuclear simply cannot meet our future energy needs.
Globally, we have and renewable energy options which, unlike nuclear, enjoy broad social license. Our organisations, representing a broad cross section of the global community, maintain that nuclear power is not a credible or effective climate response.
We support a renewable energy future and view nuclear power as a dangerous distraction from the real movement on the climate policies and actions that we urgently need.
Dirty & Dangerous:
Nuclear reactors produce long-lived radioactive wastes that pose a direct human and environmental threat for many thousands of years. Radioactive waste management is costly, complex, contested and unresolved. Nuclear power cannot be considered a clean source of energy given the intractable and inter-generational legacy of nuclear waste. All human-made systems fail. When nuclear power fails it can do so on a global scale. The human, environmental and economic costs of accidents like Chernobyl and Fukushima are massive and continuing. Decommissioning and cleaning up old reactors and nuclear sites, even in the absence of any accidents, is technically challenging and extremely costly. **Unsustainable: **
Nuclear power relies on uranium mining. Like coal mining this causes adverse environmental impacts and puts workers and communities at risk. It is a thirsty industry that consumes large volumes of precious water, from uranium mining and processing through to reactor cooling. Nuclear power plants are vulnerable to threats that are being exacerbated by climate impacts, including dwindling and warming water sources, sea-level rise, drought, jelly-fish swarms and increasing storm severity. **Unjust: **
The nuclear industry disproportionately impacts both Indigenous communities and those with lower socio-economic status around the world. Uranium mining, the legacy of weapons testing and nuclear waste dumping impacts and threatens some of the world’s most vulnerable communities. Radiation exposure also poses a greater risk to some of the most vulnerable in our community including children, pregnant women and people with underlying health issues. **Slow: **
Nuclear power is a slow response to a pressing problem. Nuclear reactors are slow to build and license, and even slower to become net electricity contributors. Globally, reactors routinely take a decade or longer to construct and time over-runs are common. Expensive:
Nuclear power is now one of the most capital intensive and expensive ways to produce electricity and costs continue to rise. Cost estimates of reactors under construction in Europe and the US keep growing and many are billions of dollars over-budget and years behind schedule. **A Security Risk: **
Nuclear power plants have been described as pre-deployed terrorist targets and pose a major security threat. This would likely see an increase in policing and security operations and a commensurate impact on civil liberties and public access to information. Dual-use nuclear infrastructure and funding, human resource and wider links between the military and civilian nuclear sectors raises weapons proliferation and security concerns, particularly in nuclear weapons states. Aging or Unproven:
Existing nuclear reactors are highly centralised and inflexible. They lack the capacity to respond to changes in demand and usage, are slow to deploy and are poorly suited to modern energy grids and markets. Many existing reactors are old and due for decommissioning and any move to extend their life would raise serious safety concerns. Small Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMRs) and other ‘new generation’ nuclear projects are not in commercial production or use and remain unproven and uncertain. Neither the failed current reactors nor the non-existent promised reactors are a credible basis for a national energy system.
**Not Carbon Neutral: **
There is no such thing as zero or close-to-zero emission nuclear power. Emissions from nuclear are lower than fossil fuels but much higher than renewable when life cycle and opportunity cost emissions are considered. Almost every stage of the nuclear chain requires additional non-nuclear energy inputs. As uranium ore grades decline the sectors carbon footprint will increase, the transport of materials and the ongoing management of nuclear waste are also energy intensive.
Our shared energy future is renewable, not radioactive.
Total 479
Asia:
KAISA KAKILUSANFOE JapanCitizens' Nuclear Information CenterBatani FoundationBangladesh Poribesh AndolonBlue DalianMom Loves Taiwan AssociationMissionary Society of Saint ColumbanGrameen ShaktiToxic Action NetworkSOLVE-NepalCentre for Rural Technology NepalMab-Eung Eco-TempleJapan Network of Engaged BuddhistsNo Nukes Asia ForumPeace BoatKenju-in templeJuko-in templeGENSUIKINTEPUTaiwan Watch FoundationFOE Sri LankaJunkan Workers Club Tokorozawa AdvanceIshikawa Workers' Medical AssociationWakatsuki Keihan Workers' Citizens' AssociationSave the Constitution Kanto NetworkWomen Against NukesANT HiroshimaNRA Day Break ProtestMin-Iren ShizuokaOiso Energy ShiftBangladesh Environmental Lawyers AssociationKiko NetworkNepal Energy FoundationYWCA of JapanRivers without Boundaries Coalition - MongoliaOyu Tolgoi WatchFOE RussiaImece Evi TurkeyPrakriti Resources CentrePacific Asia Resource CenterSAHAS NepalCitizens Alliance for Saving the Atmosphere and the EarthBuyeo Environment SolidarityGreen FutureDegrowth and AlternativesInter-religious Climate and Ecology NetworkGREEN KOREA UNITEDJapanese and Korean Citizens' Solidarity Against NukesAsia Pacific Center for Integral Study of LifeEcological Conservation CitizensBusan Green Party Climate Justice CommitteeIncheon People Solidarity1.5clubAnti-nuclear and Climate crisis Jeju ActionAsia Pacific Center for Integral Study of LifeAssociation of Professors and Researchers for Democracy and EqualityBuddhist Environmental Solidarity Buyeo Environment SolidarityCatholic Social DoctrineCHRISTIAN ENVIRONMENT EDUCATION CENTER(SALIM)Climate Strike Namyangjuclimate strike Seoul Seongbukclimateaction Gwangjuclimateaction-jiguinComonartsDaejeon NonukeDegrowth and AlternativesDobong Climate Crisis Emergency ActionDrawing Green for EarthEcological Conservation CitizensEcosophialabEnergy Justice ActionsGangnam Climate StrikeGlobal Catholic Climate Movement KoreaGreen FutureGREEN KOREA UNITEDGreen Transition Youth GroupHANSALIM Cooperative FederationHOBAKBOOKIncheon People SolidarityIncorporated Organization Shilcheon Bulgyo Inter-religious Climate and Ecology NetworkJapanese and Korean Citizens' Solidarity Against NukesJeonju health Welfare Social Cooperative Justice PartyKangdongmagungmulKHSI(kijang-humanright-social-lnstitute)Korea Christian Environmental Movement Solidarity for Integrity of CreationKorea Federation for Environmental Movements(KFEM)Korea Radiation WatchKorean Women’s Environmental NetworkLife & Safty NetworkLittle servents of holy family JPIC Mack architect’s officemulpurecenterNational YWCA of KoreaNeutynamu Children’s LibraryNew Bodhisattva NetworkNo Nuke Daegu Citizen ActionNo nukes Gyeongju joint actonNo-Nukes Go-ChangPeople's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy(PSPD)Political Economy Institute PnyxPoliticalmamasPre-service teacher Gathering for the future SalesiansistersSANCTA MARIA ORDERSeodaemun Mapo Eunpyeong iCOOPSister Disciples of the Divine MasterThe Association of Major Superiors of Women Religious in KOREA, JPIC CommissionThe Group Against Samcheok Nuclear Power PlantThe Jesusari CommunityThe Korean Association for Environmental SociologyThe Society of the Sacred Heart Ulsan Citizens' Joint Action for DenuclearizationUniversity Climate ActionVery Small Feminism School TaengjaYCEA(Youth Climate Emergency Action)No Nukes Asia -TaiwanTaiwan Environmental Protection UnionTaiwan Watch FoundationGreen Taiwan FoundationCNICCitizens' lawsuit to stop nuke license extension over 40 yearsAomori Health CooperativeOkinawa Peace Action CenterAomori Health CooperativeOkayama Teachers' UnionToyama Peace Movement CenterGeneral Council of Trade Unions Retirees AssociationHimeji Medical CooperativeJapan Federation of Democratic Medical InstitutionsIshikawa Workers' Medical AssociationTakagi SchoolNational Network to Prevent Restarting NukesKita Kyushu Social Health Promotion AssociationTokyo-Hokuto Health Co-operative AssociationOsaka Peace and Human Rights CenterGreen Citizens' Action AllianceEnvironmental Jurists AssociationKuroshio Ocean Education FoundationHumanistic Education FoundationDr. Chen Wen-Chen Memorial FoundationTaiwan Renewable Energy AllianceTaiwan Tongzhi (LGBTQ+) Hotline AssociationTaiwan Forever AssociationTaiwan Not-for-profit Organization Industrial UnionTaiwan Watch InstituteWenshan Community CollegeThe Presbyterian Church in TaiwanCitizen of the Earth, TaiwanSinhua Community CollegeTaiwan Environmental Protection UnionTaiwan Gender Equity Education AssociationTaiwan Association for Human RightsDiaNuke IndiaNukleersiz.org - TurkeyBiodiversity Conservation Center RUNeng Shen Xing Native species Restoration AssociationGreen Party TaiwanTaiwan Ocean and Environmental Sustainability Law CenterHomemakers United FoundationEnvironmental Rights FoundationTrue Light Gospel ChurchThe Society of WildernessYilan Charlei Chen FoundationHomemakers Union Consumers Co-opTainan SproutPRIETENII PAMANTULUI (EARTH FRIENDS)Energy Transition Forum South KoreaKorea Federation for Environmental Movements in IncheonLiga Rakyat DemokratikPersaudaraan MatahariMersin Anti-Nuclear Platform - TurkeySinop Anti Nuclear Platform Turkey
178 signatures Asia
Australia:
Greenreace Asia / PacificArid Lands Environment CentreEnvironment Centre NTConservation Council of Western Australia Australian Conservation FoundationEnvironment VictoriaClimate Action MonaroPax Christi AustraliaFranciscan FriarQueensland Conservation CouncilPax Christi VictoriaThe Green InstituteAustralian Religious Response to Climate ChangeGreen MusicUniting Church in AustraliaAustralian Nuclear Free AllianceFriends of the Earth AustraliaMarrickville Peace GroupPeoples Climate AssemblyConservation Council of SAMedical Association for Prevention of War FOE AdelaideThe Wilderness SocietyCairns and Far North Environment CentreCLIMATE ACTION MONARONature Conservation Council350 AustraliaSustainable Living ArmidaleGreenpeace Australia PacificUnited WorkersReligious Society of FriendsVictorian Trades Hall CouncilCEPU Electrical Energy and Services DivisionUnions WAPeople For Nuclear Disarmament NSWAMWUAEU Australian Education UnionUnions TasmaniaFOE MelbourneSutherland Shire Environment CentrePeople For Nuclear Disarmament NSWUnited Workers UnionAustralian Services UnionDoctors for EnvironmentMaritime Union of AustraliaNature Conservation Council of NSWWest Australia Nuclear Free Alliance The Sunrise ProjectGundjheimieClean Energy CouncilAdam Dempsey MasteringSisters of Mercy of Australia and Papua new GuineaAustralian Nursing and Midwifery FederationU EthicalSA UnionsSisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred HeartEdmund Rice Centre for Justice and Community EducationGeneEthics AuSustainable Prosperity Action Group
59 Signature Australia
Canada:
Canadian Environmental Law AssociationSierraclub CanadaOntario Clean Air AllianceRenegade Activists Action ForceQu’Appelle Valley Environmental AssociationScientists and Engineers for a Non Nuclear FutureUniting Ethical InvestorsCoalition for a Clean Green SaskatchewanPrairie Institute for Human EcologyCommittee for Future GenerationsThe Canadian Coalition for Nuclear ResponsibilityNorthwatchMiningWatchOld Fort William Cottagers’ AssociationCouncil of CanadiansSaskatoon Peace CoalitionChurch of Canada Regions EastConservation Council of New BrunswickPrevent Cancer NowRAVEN ProjectEau SecoursCoalition for Responsible Energy DevelopmentVANA Veterans Against Nuclear ArmsVoices for Sustainable Environments and CommunitiesThe Council of Canadians Saskatoon Chapter,Mother Earth Action CollectiveCAPE Canadian Association of Physicians for the EnvironmentWA:TER Wetland AllianceBraeBurn InnC.A.R.N. Citizens Against Radioactive NeighboursBredl Blue Ridge Environmental Defense LeagueAction Environnement Basses-LaurentidesACO Action Climat OutaouaisRegroupement vigilance hydrocarbures QuébecTerraVieRalliement contre la pollution radioactive QuébecNuclear Hotseat Podcast/BroadcastPontiac Environment ProtectionConseil central du Montréal métropolitain – CSNICUCECWomen’s Healthy Environments NetworkCoalition for Responsible Energy Development -New BrunswickScience for PeaceTreasurer Leap4wardsSaint John Chapter Council of CanadiansJustice Mission & Outreach Committee Regions East United Church of CanadaCouncil of Canadians Fredericton ChapterGreen CoalitionJustEarthQu’Appelle Valley Environmental AssociationVoices for Sustainable Environments & Communities 50 Signatures Canada
USA:
Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in SpaceNuclear Energy Information ServiceExtinction Rebellion SFSocio-Ecological Union InternationalRainbow Watch and Development CentreRocky Mountain Peace and Justice CenterClean Energy ActionIPANWABeyond NuclearWomen's International League for Peace and FreedomMothers for PeaceStop the HogsFairewinds EnergyLeap4WardsPeace Boat USFOE USNative Community Action CouncilManhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free WorldRedwood AlliancePRESS Portsmouth/Piketon Resident for Environmental Safety and SecurityNNWJ National Nuclear Workers for JusticeRochdale and Littleborough Peace GroupCoalition Against NukesPeace Action WIGreen DelawareC.A.N. Coalition Against Nukes NYMichigan Safe Energy FutureNIRS WashingtonWestern Staates Legal Foundation for EarthAnthropocene AllianceUtah Valley Earth ForumHudson River Sloop CleanValley Watch IncPilgrim WatchPATHCitizens Awareness NetworkStarfire CleaningPeace Action MaineSierra ClubEarth EvolutionNew Mexico Interfaith PowerDiné No NukesConcerned Citizens of Renfrew County and AreaUnited for Peace and JusticePeaced Action Maine
45 Signatures USA
Europe:
Platform Against Nuclear Dangers SalzburgNaturFreunde DeutschlandWECFLondon Mining NetworkFOE ScotlandGender CCEnergiaklub11 Maart BewegingNOAH Friends of the Earth DenmarkCooperation NoidanlukkoFMKK The Swedish anti nuclear movementPAN (Pesticides Action Network)IPPNW SwitzerlandNaturschutzbund Vorarlberg Center for Encounter and active Non-ViolenceVärmland mot KärnkraftGerman Renewable Energy FederationMiddle East Treaty OrganizationEnvironmental Planning and Education NetworkAnti Atom KomiteeRenewable Energy AgencyNuclear free Future AwardUmweltinstitut MünchenFriends of the Earth EstoniaWise AmsterdamRéaction en chaîne humaine Milieudefensie, Friends of the Earth NetherlandsFoundation for Environment and Agriculture in BulgariaVédegylet HungariaGlobal 2000Campaign for Nuclear DisarmamentStop Sizewell CPAWBNuclear Free Local Authorities UKNuclear Consulting GroupEcologistas en Accion de SalamancaSolarverein Goldene Meile e. V.Ecologistas en AcciónMovimiento Ibérico AntinuclearAsociatia ARINActiva la Energia SocialDonauraum AtomkraftfreiDISARMISTI ESIGENTICentro di Documentazione del Manifesto Pacifista InternazionaleEnergy Watch GroupUranium networkGreen Team BosniaCenter for Environmental InitiativesDNRBI Lüchow-DannenbergPP Green MovementEcoclub UkraineZero Waste SocietyBÜFAFFE GermanyKlimaVor AustriaInternational Network for Sustainable Energy INFORSEINFORSE EuropeEuropean Civic ForumIntersindicalFOE ScotlandIPPNWNucléaire Stop KernenergieScientists for Global ResponsibilityAssociation 'Common Earth’ PolandFOE SwedenNabuausgestrahltFOE FinlandBUND FOE GermanyBayern Allianz für Atomausstieg und KlimaschutzSortier de NucléaireMütter gegen Atomgefahratomstopp_atomkraftfrei leben!Aktionsbuendnis Energiewende HeilbronnAG AtomErbe NeckarwestheimHeilbronn4FutureSofa MünsterДоброго дня!FOE InternationalEWS SchönauEcodefenseFOE GeorgiaWomen Against Nuclear PowerAKIN Arbeitskreis Indianer NordamerikasTerravieVIVAT InternationalWaldviertler EnergieStammtischVerein Lebensraum WaldviertelBBMN Bund der Buergerinitiativen Mittlerer Neckar e.V.AntiAtom LudwigsburgCSIA-NitassinanChernobyl Children's Project UKThe Greek Affiliate of IPPNWBEE German Renewable energy FoundationNaturefriends GreeceCADNO Trawsfynydd Nuclear Power Station's community anti-nuclear groupSolarfördervereinEcoaction UkraineWomen for Peace andCooperation NoidanlukkoWoman for Peace FinnlandFOE FranceTogether against Sizewell CWiener Plattform AtomkraftfreiGreenpeace FranceCo2abgabeAnuk eV.Ekosfer AssociationCollectif anti-nucléaire OuestSwedish Environmental Movement's Nuclear Waste SecretariatSwedish Renewable Energies OrganizationEurope Ecologie Les Verts DromeEELV Valence DromeAKWende CHBI Stopp TemelinBürgerenergie BremenFocus Association for sustainable Development SloveniaEnergii Industries FRGreenpeace SloveniaUmanotera FoundationRoßdorfer Energie-Gemeinschaft e.V.Chair Human Rights ans Rights of Nature Murcia UniversityBrighton Hove Energy Services Cooperative BHESCOMedact ScotlandFOE West Cumbria / North LakesLokale Agenda 21 Oranienburg e.V.Parents For Future GermanyParents For Future ViennaECOtrinova eVBUND-Naturschutz-Kreisgruppe Landshut
129 Signatures Europe
Afrika:
Earthlife NamibiaEarthlife AfrikaLekeh Development FoundationDeCOALonize KenyaDUZAFOUNDUCSD Uganda Coalition for Sustainable DevelopmentGround WorkTree Uganda AcademyMurna FoundationSustainable Environmental Development WatchSafcei CESOPECommons for EcoJusticeCSADO
14 Signatures Afrika
South America:
Fundacion para Estudio e investigación de la Mujer Movimiento AntinuclearGARNNuevo Modelo EnergéticoMovimiento Antinuclear Zárate Campana
5 Signature South America