Ron Kramer Presentation; Twin Apocalyptic Threats: The Nexus Between the Climate Crisis and Nuclear Weapons

Climate disruptions and the potential for nuclear war are the two key existential dangers of our

time, and the nexus between the two is often ignored. These twin apocalyptic threats have much

in common and need to be considered together because they intersect with and intensify the risks

of each other. The two threats are interrelated in numerous ways. 1) Climate disruptions already

underway could spiral into nuclear warfare due to the heightened risk of conflicts and social

stress, the decay of nation-states, and armed violence over increasingly scarce resources such as