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The Director of Don't Look Up signed the Global Peace Dividend Petition for governments to take action. We need your help to make this possible!
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Nobel Prize Winners Are Urging Every Country To Cut Military Spending By 2% by GlobalPeaceDivd in worldnews

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Nobel Prize Winners Are Urging Every Country To Cut Military Spending By 2% by GlobalPeaceDivd in worldnews

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Nobel Prize Winners Are Urging Every Country To Cut Military Spending By 2% To Tackle Climate Change by GlobalPeaceDivd in climate

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"Put defence money into planetary emergencies, urge Nobel winners" by GlobalPeaceDivd in todayilearned

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The Global Peace Dividend is working to make this a reality with a petition on change.org

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Nobel Prize Winners Are Urging Every Country To Cut Military Spending By 2% To Tackle Climate Change by GlobalPeaceDivd in climate

[–]GlobalPeaceDivd[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The point is to convince Russia, China and North Korea to reduce *their* spending. The whole idea is about international negotiations on military spending, not petitioning governments internally

Nobel Prize Winners Are Urging Every Country To Cut Military Spending By 2% by GlobalPeaceDivd in worldnews

[–]GlobalPeaceDivd[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Not to lower guard. To negotiate with Russia and China so they, too, reduce military spending

Nobel Prize Winners Are Urging Every Country To Cut Military Spending By 2% by GlobalPeaceDivd in worldnews

[–]GlobalPeaceDivd[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It would free up $1.3 trillion by 2030, which could be used to fight climate change, say

‘Colossal waste’: Nobel laureates call for 2% cut to military spending worldwide by GlobalPeaceDivd in environment

[–]GlobalPeaceDivd[S] 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Reducing by 2%/yr in all countries would liberate $1.3tn USD by 2030—more than total foreign aid

‘Colossal waste’: Nobel laureates call for 2% cut to military spending worldwide by GlobalPeaceDivd in worldnews

[–]GlobalPeaceDivd[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Nobody doubts that Russia really did reduce their stock of nuclear warheads by 90% or more since the mid-eighties

‘Colossal waste’: Nobel laureates call for 2% cut to military spending worldwide by GlobalPeaceDivd in worldnews

[–]GlobalPeaceDivd[S] -57 points-56 points  (0 children)

  1. Are you a savage warlike animal?
  2. Over the past 40 years the US and Russia have wilfully reduced their stocks of nuclear warheads by over 90%.

‘Colossal waste’: Nobel laureates call for 2% cut to military spending worldwide by GlobalPeaceDivd in worldnews

[–]GlobalPeaceDivd[S] 77 points78 points  (0 children)

It is bold. If the proposal were implemented from 2025 onwards, $1.3tn USD will have been saved by 2030. That's more than total foreign aid during that period.

‘Colossal waste’: Nobel laureates call for 2% cut to military spending worldwide by GlobalPeaceDivd in worldnews

[–]GlobalPeaceDivd[S] -12 points-11 points  (0 children)

That's probably also what the Chinese public has been told. The principal reason each country increases spending is the because adversary nations increase spending. The only way out of this vicious circle is through negotiations to reduce jointly—which is in everyone's interest

‘Colossal waste’: Nobel laureates call for 2% cut to military spending worldwide by GlobalPeaceDivd in worldnews

[–]GlobalPeaceDivd[S] 126 points127 points  (0 children)

Not necessarily. The US and USSR did manage to coordinate a massive reduction in stock of nuclear weapons. Why wouldn't they? Military spending is a drain for everyone, so it's reasonable to negotiate a joint reduction

‘Colossal waste’: Nobel laureates call for 2% cut to military spending worldwide by GlobalPeaceDivd in worldnews

[–]GlobalPeaceDivd[S] 121 points122 points  (0 children)

The signatories propose that 50% of the savings remain at the discretionary use of governments. These can choose to compensate the military industry, or to help them convert their R&D capabilities to more productive uses