The Energy/Climate-Change Challenge and the Role of Nuclear Energy in Meeting It

In a meaty lecture that serves as a concise and comprehensive primer on the twin challenge of energy and environment, John Holdren lays out the difficult options for contending with a world rapidly overheating.

“There is no question the world is growing hotter,” says Holdren, “and we do have a pretty good handle on … influences on climate that are changing the average temperature of the Earth,” he says. Since the mid-19th century, there has been a 20-fold increase in the world’s use of energy, the preponderance of which comes from burning fossil fuels.

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