A paper given by Hugh Beach at the 60th International Pugwash Conference, Istanbul 1-5 November 2013.
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British Pugwash Newsletter September 2013
Topics include: Trident renewal; non-proliferation and disarmament; the military robotics debate; Launch of expert report Pathways to 2050: Three possible UK energy strategies.
British Pugwash Annual Report 2012
Key topics: Verification of nuclear weapon dismantlement and energy strategies. Key discussion meetings included: the launch of Andrew Brown’s biography of Joseph Rotblat; ‘The Lessons of Fukushima’, and ‘Generating clean energy from sunlight and maintaining biodiversity’
The link between non-proliferation and disarmament in the NPT: is there consensus behind the conflict?
Final report of a British Pugwash Group project that aimed identify possible grounds for a new consensus on the link between non-proliferation and disarmament in the context of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, with consideration for the potential role of the UK.
Report of a Workshop: The ethics of military robotics
Report from a scoping workshop to examine the ethical implications of current and possible future developments in modern military robotics, held on 20-22 March 2013 at the University of Birmingham.
Pathways to 2050: Three possible UK energy strategies
energy strategies which have been constructed using the ‘Pathways to 2050 Calculator’ which has been made publicly available by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).