Bishoftu, Ethiopia – Teff may be an emerging superfood in the global arena – but this Ethiopian cereal crop may not be ‘super’ enough to withstand the consequences of climate change: less rain and strong winds.

This week patient and worker protection in radiation medicine and the interface between safety and security, as well as experiences in decommissioning nuclear installations, are at the core of the conversation taking place in The Hague. Over 250 of the world’s nuclear and radiation regulators are discussing these topics and more, at an international conference focused on the role of the global regulatory community in ensuring nuclear and radiation safety and security.

Innovations in plant breeding are speeding up the rate that better crop varieties can be developed to reduce global hunger.

The IAEA has designed an online e-learning course to provide an overview of the different strategies applied worldwide for managing spent fuel. The course is part of the spent fuel and radioactive waste management, decommissioning and environmental remediation curriculum, which includes several other modules.

Three unmanned environmental monitoring stations to detect and measure radiation from soil and air were inaugurated in Paraguay last month, with support from the IAEA. The facilities, which are the first of their kind, represent a leap for Paraguay in the protection of people and the environment from the harmful effects of ionizing radiation.

Eastern European Association of the Greens announce and invite students to a series of educational lectures with interactive program. The topic of lectures – Climate change, Green and Clean future of our Planet.

The Eastern European Association of the Greens invites you to talk about the future of our planet and environmental responsibility at the conference for students “Go Green” dedicated to the International Energy Saving Day at 18.00h on 12 November 2019 at the KULeuven Brussels Campus (T’Serclaes Building, B07-16).

Strengthening the effectiveness of safeguards implementation and making more use of nuclear science and technology for development are some of the topics that delegates from the IAEA’s Member States will discuss at the Agency’s 63^rd General Conference in Vienna from 16-20 September.

Using a nuclear technique applied at a large scale against agricultural pests around the world to control disease-transmitting mosquitoes has been an elusive goal for scientists over the last decade. Thanks to a US$ 3.96 million grant to the IAEA by the U.S. Government, important milestones have been reached in recent years. The research has been implemented in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).

Interested contributors have until 15 December 2019 to submit abstracts for the IAEA International Conference on Nuclear Knowledge Management and Human Resources Development: Challenges and Opportunities, to be held in Moscow from 15 to 19 June 2020.

Ambassador Rafael Mariano Grossi is set to take office as Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in early December, following his appointment to the post by the Agency’s Board of Governors on Wednesday 30 October 2019.