Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Supported by Canadian Association of Small Modular Reactors & SMR Forum
The era of incremental targets is over. The 1.5°C goal has slipped beyond reach, and nuclear power will not change the climate trajectory before 2030. Can the industry deliver progress by 2050? What would it take, politically, financially and industrially to build nuclear plants at that pace? And who will lead an energy transformation that needs to happen faster than any before it?
Moderator: Geoff Carr, senior editor, science and technology, The Economist
Hannah Vickers, lead for productivity and net zero, Construction Leadership Council
Niko McMurray, managing director of international and nuclear policy, ClearPath
Erveina Gosalci, Founder & chief executive, Canadian Association of Small Modular Reactors & SMR Forum
Jonathan Cobb, senior programme lead, World Nuclear Association
Supported by Canadian Association of Small Modular Reactors & SMR Forum
The era of incremental targets is over. The 1.5°C goal has slipped beyond reach, and nuclear power will not change the climate trajectory before 2030. Can the industry deliver progress by 2050? What would it take, politically, financially and industrially to build nuclear plants at that pace? And who will lead an energy transformation that needs to happen faster than any before it?
Moderator: Geoff Carr, senior editor, science and technology, The Economist
Hannah Vickers, lead for productivity and net zero, Construction Leadership Council
Niko McMurray, managing director of international and nuclear policy, ClearPath
Erveina Gosalci, Founder & chief executive, Canadian Association of Small Modular Reactors & SMR Forum
Jonathan Cobb, senior programme lead, World Nuclear Association
