Sverre Lodgaard, a former director of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, delivered the 13th annual Joseph Rotblat Memorial Lecture at the Hay Festival on 3 June 2017.
What underlies North Korea’s drive to acquire nuclear weapons?
Published on 29th June 2017 in Nuclear Weapons, Recent events, International Peace & Security
At a British Pugwash discussion meeting on 25 April 2017 John Everard, a former British ambassador to North Korea, discussed the DPRK’s nuclear programme against the background of recent events, considering the North Koreans’ objectives and what is known of their nuclear doctrine.
Global Climate Finance: Securing a low carbon future (SOAS, 27th April 2017)
Published on 29th April 2017 in Climate Change and Energy Policy, Current projects – feed, Recent events, Student Young Pugwash Events
At this Student / Young Pugwash (SYP) seminar, Federico Mazza from Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) and Aneil Tripathy from Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI) discussed the current state of global climate finance and considered solutions to secure the resources needed to secure a low carbon transition. Some points made: The IEA has calculated that investments equal to […]
Global Climate Finance: Securing a low carbon future (27th April 2017)
Published on 6th April 2017 in Recent events
This seminar has been organised by Student / Young Pugwash members at SOAS. However, non-students are actively encouraged to attend. Title: Global Climate Finance: How to Secure the Transition Towards a Low Carbon Future Date / Time: 27th April, 5pm – 7pm Location: S312 (Senate House), SOAS, Bloomsbury, WC1E 7HU. Nearest underground: Russell Square Registration: https://tinyurl.com/kf8ef7w […]
What underlies North Korea’s drive to acquire nuclear weapons?
Published on 28th March 2017 in Uncategorised
On Tuesday 25 April 2017, a British Pugwash discussion meeting will tackle the question of what motivates North Korea’s nuclear programme, against the background of recent events. The speaker will be John Everard, a former diplomat who has extensive experience of North Korea and China.
Challenges to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty – Pugwash event at University of Nottingham
Published on 5th March 2017 in Nuclear Weapons, NPT, Recent events, International Peace & Security, Student Young Pugwash Events
On 1st March, Student / Young Pugwash held a joint event with the Centre for Conflict, Security and Terrorism (CST) at University of Nottingham. The guest speaker was Peter Jenkins, who spoke about the history, successes and challenges of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Peter, who is now Chair of British Pugwash, is a former UK Ambassador […]