Nobel Laureate Signatories
Actionable Recommendations
Reasons not to act
At a time when the risk of nuclear war is increasing, actions to prevent nuclear war are vital to humanity’s future. Coinciding with the 80th anniversary of the Trinity Test and the dawn of the nuclear age, the Assembly gathered Nobel Laureates and nuclear experts to discuss and debate nuclear challenges.
The resulting Declaration calls on world leaders to commit to 14 actionable recommendations to reduce the risk of nuclear war.
SUMMARY & GOALS OF THE ASSEMBLY
The Assembly will convene the world’s foremost experts on nuclear weapons at a critical moment in global security, and is designed to produce actionable, pragmatic recommendations. The Nobel Laureates serve as a stand-in for the world’s collective conscience–by convening them alongside domain experts, the Assembly aims to directly engage with policymakers and institutions to drive meaningful change at a time of unprecedented risk of nuclear conflagration.
The Assembly will negotiate and sign a Declaration establishing a set of guiding principles to shape nuclear diplomacy in the decade ahead.
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
Alexandra Bell
President, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Owen Gaffney
Chief Impact Officer at Nobel Prize Outreach (observer)
Francesca Giovannini
Executive Director, Managing the Atom, Harvard
David Gross
Nobel Prize in Physics ‘04
Karen Hallberg
Secretary General, Pugwash, Nobel Peace Prize ‘95
Daniel Holz
Chair, SASB of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists; UChicago
Scott Sagan
Co-director of CISAC, Stanford
Juan Manuel Santos
Nobel Peace Prize ‘16
Brian Schmidt
Nobel Prize in Physics ‘11
Masako Wada
Assistant Secretary General, Nihon Hidankyo, Nobel Peace Prize ‘24
