[SGRupdate] News from SGR – September 2019

[Scientists for Global Responsibility (SGR)]

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News from Scientists for Global Responsibility – September 2019

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* The Climate Strike: why we should all stop work to start change

It can seem odd that a refusal to act is a good way to motivate action, writes
Andrew Simms, SGR, but striking has been a tool of change for most of recorded
history and for good reasons.

Read the blog:
https://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/climate-strike-why-we-should-all-stop-work-start-change


* Defence diversification: international learning for Trident jobs

Barnaby Pace, Nuclear Information Service, examines how international examples
of defence diversification programmes can show what success looks like in the
UK – answering employment concerns and should Britain's nuclear weapons be
cancelled or curtailed.

Read the journal article:
https://www.sgr.org.uk/index.php/resources/defence-diversification-international-learning-trident-jobs


* Will the demise of the INF Treaty take us back to dangerous times?

Dr Philip Webber, SGR, considers the recent demise of the Intermediate-Range
Nuclear Forces Treaty, and recalls the dangerous decade before it was
originally agreed.

Read the blog:
https://www.sgr.org.uk/resources/will-demise-inf-treaty-take-us-back-dangerous-times


* Responsible Science conference

Scientists behaving responsibly:
Should science walk the talk on climate breakdown?

16 November; London

Speakers include:
Prof Kevin Anderson; Prof Farhana Yamin; Prof Lorraine Whitmarsh; Prof Bill
McGuire

For more details, see:
https://www.sgr.org.uk/events/scientists-behaving-responsibly-should-science-walk-talk-climate-breakdown


* Last chance to take part in the SGR survey on scientists and
climate-friendly behaviour:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScI4JcLN6JER-XpVwVygM1lVWzFrciqdU7go97pHrheI1THKQ/viewform?usp=sf_link



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