abolish nuclear weapons through implementing international law and examining nuclear policy from a legal viewpoint—with a special emphasis on the International Court of Justice decision that found nuclear weapons “generally illegal”. International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (www.icanw.org): ICAN is a global grassroots campaign dedicated to engaging a new generation in nuclear disarmament. Photos, videos and teaching tools that incorporate writing, art and drama are some of the ways people are engaged to build support for a treaty banning nuclear weapons. This piece of chimney slate marks ground zero at Nagasaki. Here temperatures would have exceeded 3,000 degrees Celsius, instantly incinerating everything.
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (www.ippnw.org): Focusing on health and medical issues, IPPNW was founded by Soviet and American doctors during the height of the Cold War. Convinced that nuclear war would be the “final epidemic”, they joined together to alert the public to the dangers of nuclear weapons and radiation. In 1985, they were awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nuclear Weapons Inheritance Project (www.ippnw-students.org/NWIP/) is IPPNW’s youth project with young doctors taking action for disarmament. With a special focus on non-confrontational dialogue with nuclear decision makers, the project connects young medical professionals around the globe as they embark on their careers as healers and disarmament activists.
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Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs (www.pugwash.org): Since 1957, the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs have brought together influential policy officials, scientists and public figures to seek ways of eliminating nuclear weapons and reducing the threat of war. With its founder and then-President, the physicist Joseph Rotblat, Pugwash was jointly awarded the 1995 Nobel Peace Prize. Nuclear Darkness (www.nucleardarkness.org/): A project led by Steven Starr for the Missouri Nuclear Weapons Education Fund, Nuclear Darkness is a comprehensive primer on the environmental effects of nuclear war, particularly relating to fire and climate change. Filled with a wide range of content on nuclear weapons, articles, videos and many links to other
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