Key topics: developments on the international disarmament scene with major implications for British Pugwash; Trident update; the 2015 NPT Review Conference; the Disarmament Institute (BRINDI); science and ethics, including autonomous weapons; chemical weapons; UK and European energy policy.
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The Iran Case and Lessons for Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Published on 12th May 2016 in Disarmament, Recently published
Amb. Peter Jenkins, twice British Ambassador in the UK Mission to the International Atomic Energy Agency, from 2001 to 2006, and a current member of the British Pugwash Executive Committee outlines the lessons that can be learned from the difficult and prolonged process of negotiation between Iran, the P5+1and the EU.
Climate Change and the DECC Global Calculator
Published on 4th February 2016 in Climate Change and Energy Policy, Publications, Recently published
A new report from British Pugwash and the European Physical Society Energy Committee reviews a new international project led by the DECC to develop a software package to explore strategies that will meet the new December 2015 climate change targets.
British Pugwash Newsletter November 2015
Published on 16th December 2015 in Trident, Climate Change and Energy Policy, NPT, Disarmament, Chemical and Biological Weapons, Ethics of Science, History, Remote Control Weaponry, Newsletters, International Peace & Security, Recently published
Topics include: WMDA Talking Trident and Ambassadors’ programmes; the ethics of developing technologies; Syria’s chemical weapons; Ukraine; relaunching Student/Young Pugwash; global energy calculator
British Pugwash Annual Report 2014
Published on 23rd June 2015 in Climate Change and Energy Policy, Trident, Ethics of Science, Annual reports, BRINDI, Remote Control Weaponry, Recently published
Key topics: developments on the international disarmament scene with major implications for British Pugwash; Trident and the General Election; the Disarmament Institute (BRINDI); science and ethics, including the military robotics debate; UK and European energy policy. Read or download the report (pdf)