Bucharest, 1 August 2026 – Agent Green has resubmitted the updated memorandum “Climate change, water and energy: a major national security risk” to Romania’s President, the Supreme Council of National Defence, the Government and the responsible institutions, after the controlled shutdown of Unit 1 at Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant amid very low Danube flows demonstrated that climate, hydrological and energy risks must be addressed together. The document calls for an interinstitutional meeting, a national energy resilience audit based on simulations, a 2026-2035 programme for renewable generation, storage, grids and flexibility, and a strategy for pumped-storage hydropower plants outside protected areas, prioritising existing infrastructure or sites already transformed by human activity. Agent Green also calls for a public comparison of the costs and risks of all major energy options, alongside a gradual transition in which no capacity is retired before clean alternatives and the necessary storage are installed, tested and available, without replacement by gas or coal. Download the updated memorandum (PDF, 9 pages)
