Nuclear In Our Lives

Abstract

There are disturbing connections between two existential threats to our civilization, the increasing impact of global heating and biodiversity/ecosystem losses, and the threat posed by the existence of thousands of nuclear weapons, many of them on hair trigger alert. Taken together with the alarming failures so far of the global community to effectively combat the COVID-19 pandemic, we have learned that we are ill-prepared to collectively prepare a sustainable future. It is imperative that we take these lessons to heart and learn from their imminent dangers.

Keywords: nuclear weapons, sustainability, COVID

JEL Classification: Z18