[SGRupdate] News from SGR - June 2018

[Scientists for Global Responsibility (SGR)]

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News from Scientists for Global Responsibility - June 2018

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* Over 700 researchers call on colleagues to speak out against EU military
research programme

A coalition of science and peace organisations has launched a European
initiative, Researchers for Peace. Over 700 scientists and academics, most
from 19 EU countries, have signed an online statement which calls on the EU to
stop funding military research. They invite their colleagues in the research
community to add their support.

Read media release:
http://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/over-700-researchers-call-colleagues-speak-out-against-eu-military-research-programme

Researchers' sign-on statement:
https://www.researchersforpeace.eu/form/researchers-pledge-form

See also:
European Union plans to boost military research (Science magazine)
http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/06/european-union-worried-about-rising-tensions-plans-boost-military-research


* Military spending hits record levels, while climate finance falls short

Climate change can increase the risk of violent conflict, so why don't we
redirect some of the funding for military technologies to help tackle climate
insecurity? Dr Stuart Parkinson, SGR, assesses the potential based on the
latest international data on military and climate spending.

Read article from Laboratory News:
http://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/military-spending-hits-record-levels-while-climate-finance-falls-short


* Air pollution: one of the greatest health challenges of our time

As new reports point to air quality worsening internationally, May van
Schalkwyk and Emer O’Connell look at the global public health crisis of air
pollution, and the key steps needed to tackle it.

Read article from SGR Newsletter:
http://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/air-pollution-one-greatest-health-challenges-our-time


* Mount Plutonium: the UK’s toxic, security risk left by an energy revolution
that never happened

With nuclear issues leading the global political agenda, in an exclusive piece
for the Responsible Science blog, based on his new book 'Fallout: A Journey
Through the Nuclear Age, From the Atom Bomb to Radioactive Waste,' science
writer Fred Pearce exposes the toxic and security risks of the UK’s growing
'Mt Plutonium' – 130 tons and rising of plutonium dioxide left behind by an
energy technology that never took-off and is no longer wanted.

Read blog:
http://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/mount-plutonium-uk-s-toxic-security-risk-left-energy-revolution-never-happened



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