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Nuclear weapons and nuclear energy pose unique risks to our environment, health, and peace. This , we raise caution for the humanitarian and environmental risks of nuclear energy production and call for a rapid transition to renewable energy to help address the climate crisis and prevent disaster.

"The notion that the lessons of Fukushima and Chernobyl have been learned and that such disasters will not be repeated is worse than wishful thinking."

Read the full statement from the Nagasaki Declaration issued at IPPNW's 24th World Congress: https://peaceandhealthblog.com/2025/10/04/ippnw-world-congress-issues-nagasaki-declaration/

If you had 3.6 Trillion Dollars💸, would you build a missile defense system that leaves over 75 million Americans at risk? Or would you rather fund nearly 2.7 million nurses 🩺for 10 years? What makes you feel more safe?

Read the report by IPPNW, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and Back from the Brink to learn about the false promise that is the "Golden Dome" and the risks and costs it places on the United States. (Spoiler alert: it is a Golden Scam)

IPPNW.org/golden-dome-or-golden-scam

Last week, IPPNW participated in the 79th World Health Assembly ⚕. Led by IPPNW's Geneva Liaison Office (GLO), a delegation of health professionals and medical students brought the message of peace, disarmament, and sustainability to the world's leading health body. Here are just a few, of many, ways our delegation engaged:

🩺 Together with Switzerland and WFPHA, IPPNW hosted a side event, "Peace and Health: Public Health's Role", where speakers challenged the notion that war is solely a political consequence, framing violent conflict as a preventable determinant of ill health requiring education and awareness.
🏥Inside the WHO, IPPNW member Andy Haines presented on the climate impacts of nuclear war, citing studies from the British Medical Journal and The Lancet to support the Global Peace and Health Initiative (GPHI) in protecting health resources during crises.
👩‍⚕️IPPNW Board Member Stella Ziegler spoke at an event at MSF on the intersection of peace, health, and climate, emphasizing how younger health professionals are deeply engaged. She highlighted that for frontline workers, maintaining silence in the face of observed suffering can be more dangerous than speaking out.

Stay tuned to hear more from our delegation at . Learn more about the work of our Geneva Liaison Office at ippnw-glo.org

The next session of our Global Classroom is around the corner on 1 June, at 1pm GMT!

We'll be joined by Dr. Åsa Lindström, Vice Chair of Swedish Physicians Against Nuclear Weapons and emergency medicine physician to answer the question: Is any medical community able to respond to a single nuclear detonation?

You don't want to miss this one! We'll build on past modules and dive into the medical communities inability to respond, with a focus on blast and burns, including availability of burn beds.

Join us at IPPNW.org/global-classroom

The Golden Dome is a false promise which would leave tens of millions of Americans vulnerable to nuclear attack, stimulate a global arms race, and cost trillions of dollars.

Dr. Laura Grego with the Union of Concerned Scientists, Senator Ed Markey, Representative Jim McGovern, and Dr. Ira Helfand spoke in DC last week on the dangers and misconceptions of strategic missile defense.

Learn more in the new report, "Golden Dome or Golden Scam" at ippnw.org/golden-dome-or-golden-scam.

Later today, the four week long Review Conference to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty will come to a close. By the end of the day, we will find out if States will agree on an outcome document, and if that language meets the needs of the moment.

While we wait, let’s take a look back on just some of IPPNW's engagement in this RevCon to make sure humanitarian calls for disarmament are at the center of the conversation:

🗣Magritte Gordaneer from PSR delivered IPPNW's statement to the floor of the Conference, find it on our blog
🇳🇴Maja Fjellvær Thompson from IPPNW Norway presented at an ICAN side event on Norway's rapidly evolving policies on nuclear weapons
🇸🇪Josefin Lind from SLMK presented at a pre-NPT conference on "Sweden's Slippery Slope", find her remarks on our blog
🤝A youth delegation of IPPNW leaders met with Nagasaki & Hiroshima Peace Messengers
💡Molly McGinty from IPPNW's Central Office presented at a side event hosted by BASIC on medical student and youth perspectives on the NPT
🌱Josefin Lind and Anduin DeVos from IPPNW’s Central office presented at a side event by NAPF and SGI on hope and the humanitarian lens of disarmament
⚕and many more discussions, emails, and publications, and meetings with states, civil society, and one another not pictured.

Stay tuned for more on the outcome and what it means for disarmament (⚠️spoiler: we're not going to give up on our calls for the urgent elimination of these disastrous weapons).

See our full recommendations to the states to uphold international humanitarian law and more remarks and reports from us at the RevCon on our blog at the link in our bio.

Rep. McGovern, Others on Golden Dome Potential Congressman Jim McGovern (D-MA) is joined by Senator Ed Markey (D-M...