United Nations Nuclear Weapons Ban Side Session-The Road Back to the Nuclear Brink

On June 20 and 21, 2017, Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS), joined by allied groups and hosted by the Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations, presented two side sessions at the United Nations in New York City: Fission: Family, Community, Environment and Justice Impacts; and The Road Back to the Nuclear Brink.

The second panel, The Road Back to the Nuclear Brink, included speakers Matthew McKinzie, Natural Resources Defense Council; Hans Kristensen, Federation of American Scientists; Tilman Ruff, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War; and Arjun Makhijani, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research, who discussed the threats posed by nuclear weapons’ targeting capability upgrades to international security.

Click HERE to download a PDF version of the Report to the President for The Road Back to the Nuclear Brink.

United Nations Nuclear Weapons Ban Side Session –

Fission: Family, Community, Environment and Justice Impacts

On June 20 and 21, 2017, Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS), joined by allied groups and hosted by the Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations, presented two side sessions at the United Nations in New York City: Fission: Family, Community, Environment and Justice Impacts; and The Road Back to the Nuclear Brink.

The first panel, Fission: Family, Community, Environment, and Justice Impacts, included speakers Karina Lester, South Australia; Linda Cataldo Modica, Tennessee USA; Roland Oldham, Atomic Veteran, French Polynesia; and Mary Olson of NIRS who discussed the humanitarian impacts of nuclear weapons production, testing, and use on health, families, communities and human rights.

Click HERE to download a PDF version of the Report to the President for Fission: Family, Community, Environment and Justice Impacts.

People’s Climate March 2017

On April 29th, 2017, the 100th day of Trump’s presidency, NIRS and the Nuclear-Free, Carbon-Free Contingent joined the People’s Climate March in Washington, DC. We, along with over 200,000 other people, demanded a 100% renewable, nuclear-free, carbon-free world and immediate action from the US government and all of the governments of the world.

The march was a beautifully inspiring moment that reminded us all that movement-building and united resistance have always been and will continue to be the most powerful force for justice and the environment to defend our global communities.