#OneFuture
BEYOND NUCLEAR WEAPONS
The growing nuclear threat is not inevitable.
It is a political choice.
We can choose a safer future.
Risks from nuclear weapons are at their highest levels since the peak of the Cold War. Global safeguards are collapsing, reckless rhetoric by leaders is normalising the prospect of a nuclear strike and a new arms race is accelerating. Yet, this is a crisis that can be solved. Humanity built nuclear weapons and we can build a safer future without them. If we act together.
#OneFuture
BEYOND NUCLEAR WEAPONS
The growing nuclear threat is not inevitable.
It is a political choice.
We can choose a safer future.
Risks from nuclear weapons are at their highest levels since the peak of the Cold War. Global safeguards are collapsing, reckless rhetoric by leaders is normalising the prospect of a nuclear strike and a new arms race is accelerating. Yet, this is a crisis that can be solved. Humanity built nuclear weapons and we can build a safer future without them. If we act together.
A new era of threats
What's behind rising nuclear risks?
SPEAK OUT. CALL FOR CHANGE.
Leaders only act when they know you care.
Public pressure and diplomatic engagement successfully reduced global nuclear stockpiles by 80% since the Cold War peak. Civil society forced dialogue, halted tests, and froze arms races. Every voice raised helps push decision-makers toward restraint, dialogue, and change.
TACKLING GROWING RISKS
The Elders are committed to the total abolition of nuclear weapons and urge leaders to take these practical steps to reduce immediate risks to humanity.
4Ds: Risk minimisation agenda
Doctrine
Every nuclear-armed state should make an unequivocal “No First Use” declaration.
Deployment
More than one-quarter of the world’s stockpile of nuclear weapons is currently operationally deployed. This proportion must be dramatically and urgently reduced.
De-alerting
The highest priority must be given to taking as many weapons as possible off their current high-alert status.
Decreased numbers
The number of nuclear warheads should be reduced from 12,000 to the lowest possible level, with the US and Russia reducing to no more than 500 each, which should serve as an upper ceiling for any nuclear state.
