Declaration of Scientists for Peace Germany (NatWiss) of March 27 2017 on the UN-Negotiations for a Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty Today, on March 27, in New York, negotiations start on a treaty “to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination”. The large majority of United Nations supports the negotiations, except the nuclear weapons states and their allies. The arguments for a Ban Treaty and total nuclear abolition are overwhelming and urgent like never before: [1] Nuclear weapons are the … Continue reading →
IALANA have submitted the short version to the UN as an official NGO paper to be included on the website for the conference – https://www.un.org/disarmament/ptnw/index.html. SELECTED ELEMENTS OF A TREATY PROHIBITING NUCLEAR WEAPONS In this paper, the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA) discusses selected proposed elements of a treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons, leading to their total elimination, to be negotiated this year. IALANA draws in particular on our experience, with colleagues from other organizations in the drafting … Continue reading →
As you certainly know, the UN ban treaty negotiations will start on March 27. This is one important step towards nuclear weapons abolition.
The Future of Life Institute has issued an open letter supporting the negotiations:
futureoflife.org/nuclear-open-letter/
The open letter has been signed already by more than 2000 scientists of the STEM fields.
We ask you to sign and spread this information before March 27.
Aus Verantwortung „Nein“ gesagt zu haben zum deutschen Griff zur Atombombe, das ist die historische Leistung der Wissenschaftler, die 1957 den Aufruf der Göttinger 18 unterzeichneten und eine Mitarbeit an der Bombe verweigerten.
Weiterhin „Nein“ zur Atombombe zu sagen ist 60 Jahre danach von bleibender, dramatischer Aktualität – nicht nur wegen der milliardenschweren “Modernisierungsprogrammen” in allen Atomwaffenstaaten. Die Weigerung der Bundesregierung, sich an den UN-Verhandlungen zu einem Verbot von Atomwaffen zu beteiligen, ist ein politscher Skandal. Welchen Wert haben dann einmütige Beschlüsse des Deutschen Bundestages für eine Welt ohne Atomwaffen?
Die neu aufkommende Diskussion über einen deutschen Griff zur Bombe oder einer europäischen Atombombe als Reaktion auf die Politik eines aufrüstungswütigen Präsidenten der USA zeigt, Atomwaffen und ihre Abschaffung müssen wieder ein gesellschaftliches Thema werden. Continue reading →
Einladung Öffentliche Veranstaltung Komplexe Welt – simple Erklärungen? Wann: Freitag, 03. März 2017, 19:00 – 21:00 Uhr Wo: TU Berlin, ZEWK, Fraunhoferstraße 33-36, 10587 Berlin, 10. Etage Anmeldung bitte an geschaeftsfuehrung@natwiss.de Die Welt im 21. Jahrhundert ist komplexer und erscheint Vielen zunehmend unübersichtlich. Auch Politik und Wissenschaft scheinen die Komplexität der globalen Gesellschaft und ihrer Prozesse immer schwieriger überblicken und erklären zu können. Gesellschaftliche Errungenschaften – Demokratie, Ablehnung von Krieg, Gerechtigkeit, Solidarität, Presseethik, Wissenschaftsfreiheit, um nur einige zu benennen – … Continue reading →
17th of February 2017 The ethos of science demands adhering to verified facts, even when they run counter to our prejudices, be they of political, moral or religious origin. Scientific assertions are subject to verification and unlike dogmatic views can be questioned. Today the ethos of science is again under attack from many quarters. Populists, nationalists, fundamentalists champion a view that reality comes in many alternative forms from which one can choose at will. Facts are not absolute, but there … Continue reading →
We will miss our colleague and proponent for a world without nuclear weapons and for responsibility of scientists and science. Our thoughts are with his family.
This video was taped in June 2016 for the event on the anniversary of the Russell-Einstein Manifesto.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/oiwap8hd89sic2y/Harry%20Kroto.mp4?dl=0
Presseankündigung 21. April 2016 Weltkongress Abrüstung – für und in einer Atmosphäre des Friedens Disarm for a Climate of Peace „Die Welt ist überrüstet und der Frieden unterfinanziert“ (UN-Generalsekretär Ban Ki-moon) In einer Atmosphäre der internationalen politischen Konfrontation und der weltweiten Hochrüstung veranstaltet das Internationale Friedensbüro (International Peace Bureau, IPB) vom 30. September bis zum 2. Oktober 2016 den Weltkongress zum Thema internationale Abrüstung. Ausgetragen wird der Kongress, zu dem ca. 1000 Teilnehmerinnen und Teilnehmer aus mehr als 40 Ländern … Continue reading →
Last month the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists announced that as a consequence of the nuclear, climate change and other existenial threats to humanity, their Doomsday Clock must remain set a three minutes to midnight, the “closest to catastrophe since the early days of above-ground hydrogen bomb testing.” The Peace & Planet Network has adopted the following statement of appreciation and response to the BAS announcement, which urgest us to more deeply understand and respond to the systemic roots of … Continue reading →
During the years 2012-2015, I wrote a number of articles on the urgent problems which the world is facing today, and also discussed the solutions that are available to us. Most of these articles were published by Countercurrents, TMS Weekly Digest and Human Wrongs Watch. A few appeared on Waging Peace, the website of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, and in Erudito and Cadmus, (which are journals of the World Academy of Art and Science), or on the website the … Continue reading →
PUBLICATION OF MY COLLECTED ESSAYS, by John Scales Avery During the years 2012-2015, I wrote a number of articles on the urgent problems which the world is facing today, and also discussed the solutions that are available to us.Most of these articles were published by Countercurrents, TMS Weekly Digest and Human Wrongs Watch. A few appeared on Waging Peace, the website of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, and in Erudito and Cadmus, (which are journals of the World Academy of … Continue reading →
Jürgen Scheffran, Co-Chair of INES, joined this event in Paris. Key findings on the importance of social science research for understanding climate change induced migration were presented at an official COP21-Side-Event. Prof. Jürgen Scheffran has been part of an international team investigating that topic in an empirical and theoretical way for four years. The event met with lively interest from conference visitors and was documented on film: https://www.clisap.de/de/clisap/organisation/presse/cop21-dossier/cop21-side-event/
Continue reading →Jürgen Scheffran, Co-Chair of INES worked out recently a Report for the World Future Council on the Climate-Nuclear Nexus which was presented in Geneva. He explored the linkages between climate change and nuclear threats. Please have a look to it: www.worldfuturecouncil.org/fileadmin/user_upload/Disarmament/The_Climate-Nuclear_Nexus.pdf Jakob von Uexkull published in December an article “The Climate-Nuclear Nexus: Two Key Threats Endangering Future Generations” in the Huffington Post about this: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jakob-von-uexkull/the-climate-nuclear-nexus_b_8707016.html
Continue reading →Never again war from German soil On September 26 more than 1500 people protested in front of the US Airbase Ramstein. Please find pictures here and an article of Stars+Stripes here. More than 6000 persons signed the following appeal: Appeal The US Air Force base at Ramstein, Germany, is a central pivot for preparing and executing wars of aggression violating international law. Most of the lethal missions of US combat drones, e.g. in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, … Continue reading →
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