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A swathe of energy policies and regulations introduced by the Obama administration was deleted yesterday with the signing of an ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Independence Policy Executive Order by US President Donald Trump. Among other things, the order repeals the Environmental Protection Agency's 2015 Clean Power Plan.

Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions - the largest source of man-made greenhouse gas emissions - stayed flat for the third consecutive year in 2016, the International ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Agency announced. This was despite an expansion in the global economy.

The French Nuclear Society says the country needs to maintain its nuclear power generation capacity to raise the share of electricity from renewable sources without increasing the cost of electricity production. In a white paper it suggests ways in which this can be achieved.

Foratom has welcomed the European Parliament's approval of European Commission proposals to reform the bloc's Emissions Trading System (ETS). The European nuclear trade body added, however, the carbon price needs to increaseÌý significantly in order to boost investment in low-carbon energy sources.

Nuclear power will play an important role in meeting the world's future energy needs, International Atomic ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Agency director general Yukiya Amano told the ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Government Summit in Dubai yesterday.

As the European Commission reports on progress made in delivering and implementing the ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Union, trade body Foratom has highlighted the importance of nuclear energy in achieving the project's objectives.

"Nuclear power generation technologies are now cost competitive with fossil fuels and innovation is gathering pace across the sector," British consultancy Lloyd's Register says in a report published today. The report, titled Technology Radar - a Nuclear Perspective, is based on the "insights and opinions of leaders across the sector", as well as the views of almost 600 professionals and expertsÌýfrom utilities, distributors, operators and equipment manufacturers.

There has been much speculation in the press about the policies which will be enacted by the incoming Donald Trump administration - and as well, much speculation about which policies will be truncated or eliminated, writes Will Davis.

The premature shutdown of America's nuclear power plants is nothing short of a national catastrophe, writes Jarret Adams.

Jan Mládek, the Czech Republic's trade and industry minister, announced yesterday the creation of three working groups of the Standing Committee for Nuclear ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß. The three will each be responsible for financial, legal and technical-investment strategies. In a statement on the ministry's website, Mládek said the move would give "new impetus" to the implementation of the State ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß PolicyÌýfor the development of nuclear energy agreed by the government in 2015.

China's rapid nuclear expansion program is expected to account for nearly three-quarters of the global increase in nuclear generation by 2035, according to the latest ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß Outlook from oil and gas giant BP.

The UK government has highlighted the role of nuclear power among its responses to a report by the ¶¶Òõ´«Ã½ÔÚÏß and Climate Change Committee. The parliamentary committee published its Third Report of Session 2016–17, The energy revolution and future challenges for UK energy and climate change policy, last October.