Pham Van Zan Mansour, Chairman of the Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority: Countries should actively adjust their energy mix to reduce the proportion of fossil fuels

On October 20, the boao forum for Asia Global Economic Development and Security Forum (hereinafter referred to as "ECOSC") held a sub-forum on "Global Energy Supply and Security: A New Pattern and a New Strategy", which was attended and discussed by the Chairman of the Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority, Van Zan Mansour. Fanzan Mansour said that there is a lot of cooperation between China and Pakistan in the field of energy, covering solar, wind, hydropower and other fields, which is conducive to solving the gap in Pakistan's domestic power supply.

Achieving global carbon neutrality by mid-century is the goal set by the Paris Agreement to control global warming (1.5 degrees Celsius). High-carbon fossil energy is bound to fade out, low-carbon clean energy will be replaced, and the global energy pattern will be fundamentally reversed.

"At present, we need to pay great attention to energy consumption and carbon emissions." Fanzan Mansour stressed that in order to cope with environmental problems, countries should actively adjust their energy mix and reduce the proportion of fossil energy.

It is worth noting that the World Energy Outlook released by the International Energy Agency (IEA) says that nuclear power is currently the second largest low-carbon power source after hydropower.

Fanzan Mansour introduced that the current attitude towards nuclear energy varies from place to place, with some places taking the development of nuclear energy as a part of adjusting the energy structure, but also in some places the proportion of nuclear power has declined.

Fanzan Mansour said that the main challenge of the current development of nuclear power does not come from the technical level, but from the safety culture, "some accidents are man-made, once the accident will have a huge impact on the environment, people's health, etc., so we must pay attention to the establishment of a safety culture, healthy and sustainable development of nuclear energy, respond to public concerns with actions, actively share information, and improve everyone's confidence in nuclear energy." ”

Text/Beijing Youth Daily reporter Zhu Kaiyun

Editor/Fan Hongwei