Climate modelling in the 1980s offered the first glimpses of what might lie beyond a nuclear war.
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Canada and its allies must advocate for international peaceful diplomacy to stop the threat of nuclear war and prevent further climate devastation.
In Europe, a large-scale war could cause the Baltic Sea to freeze over and severely compromise food security – potentially for decades and even centuries to come.
African states have an important role to play in promoting a total ban on nuclear weapons.
The US could only safely use a fraction of its nuclear stockpile without harming Americans through an environmental event called ‘nuclear autumn.’
Soot thrown into the atmosphere would block out the sun, causing crops to fail and people to go hungry.
The treaty to stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons has been exceptionally successful. Only nine states have them. Now, efforts are underway to completely rid the world of them.
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