On the 30th and 31st March, British Pugwash and the Pugwash Committee of Kazakhstan held a joint workshop (made up of two sessions) to discuss analysis, ideas and past experiences pertinent to nuclear risk reduction.…
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Resources on Ethical Science – Podcasts, Literature, Rotblat
Student/Young Pugwash (SYP) UK’s Project on Ethical Science has compiled lists of resources to help the STEM community navigate the ethical and social challenges it may face over the coming years.…
New article on ‘Delocalization of the Kill Zone’
British Pugwash Executive Committee member Dr David Ellwood has published an article in the most recent edition of the Peace Review – A Journal of Social Justice (here).
A pre-print version (in PDF) of the article can be found here
This edition of the Peace Review focuses on the issue of ‘Lethal Autonomous Weapons’.…
UK public opinion on ‘First Use’ of nuclear weapons (Oct 2021)
British Pugwash note: Two Thirds of UK Public Opposed to “First Use” of Nuclear Weapons (PDF report here)
The “Interim National Security Strategic Guidance” of the United States, released on 3 March 2021, states that the Biden administration will take steps to reduce the role of nuclear weapons in national security strategy, while ensuring that the U.S.…
July / August newsletter – British Pugwash
Topics covered in the British Pugwash July/August 2021 Newsletter include:
- Climate Change and Trident – New research from British Pugwash
- Ethical Science podcast – SYP interview with Prof Dame Ottoline Leyser (UKRI)
- Save the Date – British Pugwash AGM – 22nd September
- Joseph Rotblat Memorial Trust – Becoming a Trustee
- OxPeace Conference – Peace in the Nuclear Era – Video
- A selection of articles and reports
- VIDEO – Interview with Lord Martin Rees (Ethical Science, 2021)
The newsletter can be found online here…
New research on climate change impacts on nuclear security
British Pugwash is pleased to release newly commissioned research about the potential impacts of climate change on the UK’s nuclear weapons infrastructure.
The report, by Dr Sally Brown from Bournemouth University, is titled ‘Risks of sea-level rise to ports and associated facilities aligning with the Trident programme: A focus on Coulport, Faslane, Barrow-in-Furness and Devonport’.…