NUCLEAR ABOLITION,
CLIMATE PROTECTION, AND OUR CITIES' FUTURE
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Sheslow Hall, Drake
University, Des
Moines
Convened by Mayors
for Peace, the Office of the Mayor of the City of Des Moines, and Drake University
Organized by Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy, Western States Legal Foundation, Global Action to Prevent War, and Progressive Coalition of Central Iowa
Conference
Report
Press
Release
Program
Message
from Tadatoshi Akiba, Mayor of Hiroshima
YouTube videos of presentations at
conference
Part 1 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srx4Lo4qFco]
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Frank Cownie, Mayor of Des
Moines: Introduction
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Jacqueline Cabasso, Mayors for Peace
and Western States Legal Foundation: Introduction
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Steven Starr, MT, Senior Scientist,
Physicians for Social Responsibility: Nuclear Weapons
and Climate Change
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Dr. John Burroughs, Lawyers’
Committee on Nuclear Policy: International Frameworks
for Climate Protection and Nuclear Abolition
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Dr. Maureen McCue, Iowa
Physicians for Social Responsibility: Responsibility to
Future Generations
Part 4 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uqv8N_93Kk]
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Dr. Brice Smith, State University
of New York,
Cortland: The Role of Nuclear Power
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Mary Beth Sullivan, Global Network
Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space: Converting
the Militarized Economy
- Mary Beth Sullivan, Global Network
Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space: Converting the
Militarized Economy (cont'd)
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Andrew Lichterman,
Western States Legal Foundation: The Broader Context of
Changing Urban Priorities
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Ben Manski, Liberty Tree Foundation: Social Change and Cities
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Wilson Riles,
former Oakland City Council member: Cities – An Effective,
Sane Voice for Peace
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Frank Cownie,
Mayor of Des Moines: The Role of Cities
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Ed Malloy, Mayor
of Fairfield: The Role of Cities
- Q&A: John Burroughs and Steven Starr
- Dr. Jürgen Scheffran, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign:
Climate Change and Protection: Sustainable Energy Paths
Prepared texts of
remarks and transcripts
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- Jacqueline
Cabasso, Mayors for Peace and Western States Legal Foundation: Nuclear
Abolition: Whys and Ways
- Andrew
Lichterman, Western States Legal Foundation: Nuclear
Weapons, Nuclear Power, Corporate Globalization, and the
Role of Cities: Some Preliminary Observations
- Wilson
Riles, former Oakland City Council member, edited transcript
of remarks: Cities – An Effective, Sane Voice
for Peace
- Dr.
Jürgen Scheffran, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign,
presentation slides: Climate Change and Protection:
Sustainable Energy Paths
- Mary
Beth Sullivan, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear
Power in Space: Converting the Militarized Economy
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Cities are assuming an active role in nuclear abolition and climate protection initiatives. Over 900 mayors have signed the U.S. Conference of Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, pledging to work to implement the Kyoto Protocol in their own communities. In 2008, the U.S. Conference of Mayors unanimously adopted a resolution entitled “Support for the Elimination of All Nuclear Weapons by the Year 2020.”
Mayors for Peace is a rapidly growing international network dedicated to the abolition of nuclear weapons. Headed by Mayor Tadatoshi Akiba of Hiroshima and Mayor Tomihisa Taue of Nagasaki, Mayors for Peace has over 2,600 members in 134 countries and regions. More than 130 U.S. mayors in 38 states are members.
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