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For the past 75 years, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has announced how close it believes the world is to a nuclear attack. On 24 January, it has announced that we are only 90 seconds to midnight.

Daniel Högsta ist Kampagnenkoordinator für die  Internationale Kampagne zur Abschaffung von Atomwaffen. Nachstehend spricht er über  den Zusammenhang zwischen Klimawandel und Atomwaffen und über die globalen Fortschritte auf dem Weg zu einer atomwaffenfreien Welt. 

Daniel Högsta is campaign coordinator for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. He reflects below on the tie between climate change and nuclear weapons, as well as on global progress toward a nuclear-free world. 

An appeal from representatives of Religions for Peace in Norway is urging the Norwegian government to join the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which will come into force on 22 January.

Der Sommer in Grönland war lang und heiß. Nicht nur in Bezug auf die Temperaturrekorde, sondern auch politisch in Form großer Empörung über den überraschenden Vorstoß von US-Präsident Donald Trump, die Insel „kaufen“ zu wollen. Der Vorstoß hatte unter anderem eine diplomatische Krise mit dem NATO-Verbündeten Dänemark ausgelöst, zu dem Grönland seit 1721 gehört.

It has been a long hot summer in Greenland. Not only in terms of record high temperatures but also politically in terms of outrage over US president Donald Trump’s surprise attempt to “buy” the island. That also caused a diplomatic row with NATO-ally Denmark, which Greenland has been part of since 1721.

Muchos pioneros ecuménicos, entre ellos el exsecretario general del CMI, Philip Potter, fueron en cierto modo producto del movimiento de la escuela dominical. Ulrich Becker cuenta una historia que parece correr el peligro de ser olvidada.

Quando il segretario generale del Consiglio ecumenico delle chiese (CEC), Olav Fykse Tveit, fece visita per la prima volta a Papa Benedetto XVI in Vaticano, nel dicembre del 2010, portò con sé un paio di guanti caldi come dono per il pontefice.

La brama di cose materiali rende ciechi gli esseri umani nei confronti dei loro compagni e quell’indifferenza abbonda nelle strade del mondo di oggi, ha detto oggi Sua Santità Papa Francesco in un’omelia al Consiglio ecumenico delle chiese (CEC) a Ginevra.

*Di Philippa Hitchen
L’Istituto ecumenico di Bossey, che Papa Francesco visiterà giovedì 21 giugno, come tappa del suo pellegrinaggio al Consiglio ecumenico delle chiese a Ginevra, è un laboratorio di idee in cui viene tracciato il futuro percorso verso l’unità dei cristiani.

"I think it is wonderful that ICAN won the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize, we really need this when we see what today’s superpowers are doing. We all want peace on earth!"

Die Internationale Kampagne zur Abschaffung von Atomwaffen (ICAN) erklärte am Freitag, sie werde sich in den kommenden Jahren unermüdlich für die vollständige Umsetzung des Atomwaffenverbotsvertrags einsetzen, den sie vorgelegt hat.

The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) said Friday it will work tirelessly in coming years to ensure the full implementation of the nuclear ban treaty it assembled.

A treaty to outlaw nuclear weapons which the World Council of Churches (WCC) has advocated for years is now ready for negotiation at the United Nations.

By a three-to-one margin, the United Nations is authorizing negotiations to ban nuclear weapons in 2017. The decision caps five years of rising international will to eliminate nuclear weapons because of their catastrophic effects. The UN General Assembly’s First Committee took the decision on 27 October.