We, the undersigned NGOs and individuals, state that:

1. Nuclear power is not a clean energy source and should not be seen as part of the solution to global warming and other environmental problems. The nuclear fuel chain is a significant source of CO2 emissions, causes radioactive contamination of the air, water and land, is highly expensive, and encourages the proliferation of weapons.
2. Construction of nuclear reactors diverts limited funds from more effective means of combating global warming. Governments, international banking institutions, and industry should invest in energy systems that address global warming and provide clean power and transportation to the world’s people. Implementation of energy efficiency measures is seven times more effective at reducing greenhouse gases per dollar spent than is nuclear power (source: Rocky Mountain Institute).
3. Nuclear power should not play a role in the on-going international negotiations on how to combat global warming.

• Halt the funding and construction of all proposed nuclear power plants; and

• Invest significant funds in clean, renewable energy and energy efficiency measures; and

• Explicitly reject nuclear power as an answer to the global warming problem when they gather in the Netherlands, November 2000 at the sixth Conference of the Parties (COP6) to the Kyoto Protocol. In particular, industrialized countries should not be permitted to offset greenhouse gas emissions by funding nuclear power projects in developing countries under the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism.

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