New |
|
|
|
|
List |
|
Map |
|
Deadly Connections: Challenging Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Power, and Climate Change St. John's University 51 Astor Place Room 107 New York City Conference Registration: http://convergeforclimate.org/ Sponsored by the Western States Legal Foundation, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, and the American Friends Service Committee, with support from the Jane Addams Peace Association pdf flyer for this event Nuclear weapons and climate change are the two existential threats that face humanity, and the military is one of the largest contributors to climate change. Part one of this workshop will consider the ways that climate change will intensify conflicts and war risks generated by a system based on competition among immense organizations and endless growth. It also will explore the role in the global economy of state-dependent high-tech enclaves, including the nuclear energy sector and the military-industrial complex. The second part of the workshop will provide perspectives from people working on a variety of initiatives from the local to the global aimed at finding ways to make progress when the politics in national capitals is locked up. Part 1: 9:00--10:30am Nuclear weapons, nuclear power, and the nuclear disarmament impasse Jackie Cabasso, Executive Director, Western States Legal Foundation; National Co-Convener, United for Peace and JusticePart 2: 10:45am--12:15pm What to do when the national politics are locked up on the big issues: acting locally and globally to pressure the capitals Tony DeBrum, Foreign Minister, Republic of the Marshall Islands |