On Friday, May 2, 2025, scholars, community leaders, activists, and former elected officials gathered for a critical conversation on intergenerational nuclear justice, part of the Mapping Nuclear Legacies Symposium. This panel centered on the long-lasting environmental, cultural, and health consequences of nuclear weapons development, testing, and deployment, harms that disproportionately impact Indigenous communities, Pacific Islanders,…

On Friday, May 2nd, 2025, local government officials and prominent organizational leaders discussed the importance of city-level involvement in nuclear policy and security efforts. Friday’s panel during the Mapping Nuclear Legacies Symposium, titled “Nuclear policy and security: the role of cities,” focused on existing policy and security efforts at the local level. Panelists included Mayor…

On March 5, Mexico and The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) sponsored the side event Fábulas Atómicas – Artists Against the Bomb at the third Meeting of States Parties (3MSP) to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW). Artists Against the Bomb is an international poster campaign advocating for nuclear disarmament,…

City leaders play a unique and actionable role advancing nuclear disarmament and promoting peace. It’s an effort that is all the more urgent as tensions between nuclear-armed states escalate. Recognizing the increasing importance of achieving a nuclear free world, the Mapping Nuclear Legacies team recently collaborated with key advocacy groups and NGOs working towards nuclear…

It is visually hard to tell that a bomb was ever dropped from a trolley ride through the streets of Hiroshima. Upon arriving at the Genbaku Dome-mae station, the temporary illusion of a bomb-free history dissolves.  The plethora of photos that exist of the Genbaku Dome, the only structure left standing after the world’s first…