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Molly McGinty, IPPNW Program Director, was interviewed alongside Tina Cordova, Tularosa Basin Downwinders Consortium leader, for the new Back from the Brink: podcast. Give it a listen now via the link below.

This week, at the Bonn Climate Meeting, Dr. Angelika Claussen spoke at a side event "Peace and Climate Justice: Emissions, Finance and Equity" hosted by Peace Boat, IPPNW, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, the Maleya Foundation , and theTransnational Institute. Dr. Claussen spoke about the role of the health community in addressing the two existential threats of nuclear weapons and climate, and the importance of working together beyond silos.

Read the full statement awww.peaceandhealthblog.com

Stay tuned for more from our delegation at SB64!

The nuclear-armed states spent 119 billion dollars on nuclear weapons in 2025. This is a 19% increase from last year. This wasted money could be better spent to address any number of humanitarian or health challenges, or to build real national or global security. Continued exorbitant nuclear weapons spending erodes global health and peace.

Take a look at the new report by ICAN: Premeditated: 2025 global nuclear weapons spending
www.icanw.org/premeditated_2025_global_nuclear_weapons_spending

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.