Find out what the impact a nuclear war between India and Pakistan will be

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Dear friend,
Two scientific studies modelling the effects of nuclear war released in the past few weeks have revealed some terrifying figures:
* 91.5 million deaths in a matter of hours, if nuclear conflict breaks out between the United States and Russia,
* 125 million deaths in case of a week-long conflict between India and Pakistan using 100 kilotonne nuclear warheads,
* A 30% reduction in surface sunlight due to the 36 teragrams of black carbon released into the atmosphere after the India-Pakistan conflict,
* Two billion people at risk of famine.

The two studies, Princeton's Science and Global Security programme "Plan A" [1 ([link removed]) ] and Science Advances' “Rapidly expanding nuclear arsenals in Pakistan and India portend regional and global catastrophe” [2 ([link removed]) ], show that there is no such thing as a ‘contained’ nuclear conflict.

These are not farfetched scenarios. This new research comes out as tensions are increasing between India and Pakistan, and four of the nine nuclear-armed states have tested nuclear missiles in just the past two weeks. [3, 4] You can read more about this new research here ([link removed]) .

The science is clear: we need to eliminate nuclear weapons, before they are used again.

And ICAN is creating the pathway to a world free of nuclear weapons. Thanks to campaigners in more than 100 countries, we are on our way.
* 79 countries have signed the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) to date.
* 32 states - representing over 660 million people - have also ratified the treaty. This means we’ve nearly reached two-thirds of the way to the 50 ratifications needed for the treaty to enter into force. [5]
* Cities like Los Angeles, Sydney, Paris, Manchester, Berlin, Oslo, Washington DC, Edinburgh, Zurich, Tokyo, Toronto and many more are supporting the Treaty and urges their governments to join it.
* Over 1,300 parliamentarians around the world have pledged to supporting the Treaty and work for their government to join it.

At this critical moment, we need your help to strengthen our campaign to get the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons to enter into force, and to delegitimise nuclear weapons.
Make a donation today ([link removed])

Thank you.

Beatrice Fihn,
Executive Director
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
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[1] Plan A: read more about the ** Princeton study ([link removed])
** modeling ([link removed])
** the conflict between the United States and Russia ([link removed])
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[2] Learn about the global impact that a regional conflict between India and Pakistan would have on our global climate and food supply, in the ** study published by Toon et al. in Science Advances ([link removed])

[3] Four Countries Display Missiles, Demonstrate Risks of Renewed Nuclear Arms Race | ** icanw.org ([link removed])

[4] Imran Kahn warns the UN of potential nuclear war in Kashmir | ** The Guardian ([link removed])
26 September, 2019
[5] Learn ** which 12 States joined the TPNW ([link removed])
on the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
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