Chornobyl+20: Remembrance for the Future

On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the <b>Chornobyl nuclear disaster</b>, the Heinrich Böll Stiftung (Berlin), Ecoclub (Rivne, Ukraine), The Greens/EFA in the European Parliament, the Nuclear Information and Resource Service (Washington, DC), the World Information Service on Energy (Amsterdam), IPPNW (Germany) and Bundestagsfraktion von Bündnis 90/Die Grünen (Germany) are inviting independent scientists, environmentalists, non- governmental organizations and sustainable energy experts from all over the world for the international conference "Chornobyl+20 – Remembrance for the Future"<br><br> The conference will focus on three areas: First, the ongoing <b>catastrophe of Chornobyl</b> and its continuing consequences, including the release of a new study which reviews and analyzes the recently published report of the IAEA and WHO; second, the continuing safety, economic, proliferation and other problems posed by <b>nuclear power</b> generally; and third, the development of a roadmap to a <b>sustainable energy future</b>.<br><br> It is the aim of the conference to bring analysts and activists and a broad public audience together for a new examination of the <b>1986 Chornobyl accident’s continuing health, social and economic consequences</b> and to draw new attention to the promise and need to implement sustainable energy technologies.<br>