17/11/2010 Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development
Strasbourg, 17.11.2010 - Nuclear energy and its impact on climate change, the economy and society will be the focus of a conference organised by the Committee on the Environment, Agriculture and Local and Regional Affairs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg (Palais de l’Europe, Avenue de l’Europe, Room 1) on 25 and 26 November 2010.
Exchanges of views between the hundred or so parliamentarians, experts and non-governmental organisation representatives taking part in the conference will provide material for the preparation of a future report on the subject.
The themes chosen for the five working sessions will cover the nuclear situation in Europe and the rest of the world, its impact on the economy and climate change, education and training in the nuclear field and safety and waste management.
The conference will be opened on Thursday 25 November at 2 pm by Aleksei Lotman (Estonia, UEL), Chair of the PACE Environment Committe, and Herbert Reul Chair of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy of the European Parliament.