IAEA Work Central at World Economic Forum in Davos

Source: www.gulfoilandgas.com 1/24/2025, Location: Europe

IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi speaking at an event on tripling nuclear energy at the Davos meeting.

The work of the IAEA was “at the centre” of debates at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos this week, as the Director General joined global leaders to discuss pressing challenges.

Rafael Mariano Grossi met with governments, international organizations and the world business community at the event - a high-level hub for public-private cooperation on global challenges.

The overall focus of this year’s annual meeting was ‘responding to geopolitical shocks, stimulating growth to improve living standards and stewarding a just and inclusive energy transition’.

“The work of the IAEA is at the centre of the debates. In particular, the nexus between nuclear energy and artificial intelligence has attracted a lot of attention,” the Director General said in Davos.

The IAEA held a session on nuclear's role in meeting energy demands for artificial intelligence (AI), with experts from Bloomberg and technology venture capitalists DCVC. “Big tech needs nuclear to power energy-intensive AI data centres,” explained Mr Grossi.

A major event was also held on tripling nuclear energy, and the need for standardization, regulation, financing and collaboration in scaling up nuclear.

The Director General met with multiple world leaders to discuss development, energy and world peace, including Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino, Israel’s President Isaac Herzog, Austria’s Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg and Flanders’ Minister-President Matthias Diependaele.

Mr Grossi and Mr Mulino engaged on the IAEA’s Atoms4Food programme, as well as improving cancer care with the IAEA’s Rays Of Hope programme. “The IAEA is proud to stand with Panama in building a healthier, more resilient future for its people,” the Director General said.

The IAEA’s work on health, food and nutrition was a focus of multiple high-level dialogues. For example, Mr Grossi met with Viet Nam’s Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat to discuss the drought-tolerant, high-yield rice varieties that were developed with IAEA support, and with the CEO of Anglo American, Duncan Wanblad, on progress on a joint research project to fight soil salinity and advance sustainable farming practices.

Another key topic for the week was international security, particularly the IAEA’s role in ensuring nonproliferation worldwide.

The Director General was a speaker at the World Economic Forum’s Rubik's Cube of Global Security, where he addressed pressures on nonproliferation amid rising geostrategic tensions, alongside Finland’s President Alexander Stubb, Libya’s Prime Minister Abdulhamid AlDabaiba, the International Crisis Group, Comfort Ero, Harvard Kennedy School’s Meghan O'Sullivan, and Foreign Affairs Magazine’s Dan Kurtz-Phelan.

The Director General was also active in closed sessions on artificial intelligence and sustainable energy in Latin America with leaders of the region, as well as an event on growing the African economy with leaders from the continent.

“The mission and the importance of the IAEA continue to grow. This is why we are here in Davos,” concluded the Director General.


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