Investigating the effects of nuclear disarmament on climate change from the perspective of international law

Subject Areas : environmental low

Meisam Norouzi ¹ , Mehdi Eskandari Khoshgu ²

1 - Assistant Professor, Department of Law, Faculty of Humanities, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran. *(Corresponding Author)
2 - Master of International law,Civil and Department Higher Education Institute, Hamedan, Iran.

Received: 2023-05-01 Accepted : 2023-12-06 Published : 2024-02-17

Keywords: Climate change, Nuclear disarmament, Nuclear energy, Nuclear hazards, Nuclear security.,

Abstract :

Preventing nuclear war and avoiding catastrophic climate changes are two of the most fundamental challenges facing human civilization in this century. The purpose of this research is to investigate the effects of nuclear disarmament on climate change from the perspective of international law. This research focuses on the potential links between nuclear energy as an option to reduce climate change and nuclear disarmament and, respectively, discusses topics such as current nuclear risks, the scale of the nuclear-climate challenge, nuclear security and Its relationship with nuclear energy, non-proliferation and disarmament, management of nuclear disarmament and basic steps to address the challenges of proliferation and disarmament and the political links between maintaining and strengthening the global non-proliferation regime, nuclear disarmament and the growth of nuclear energy It has been done on a large scale. The use of nuclear energy places unprecedented demands on global systems for the verification, control and security of weapons-usable nuclear material. Reducing or abandoning or emptying many nuclear weapons and equipment and their final ban also requires new approaches to manage the huge global stockpile of weapons-usable nuclear materials. The international community should take measures so that nuclear energy can help reduce climate change in the long term. As a result of such actions, nuclear disarmament becomes more practical, desirable, and unattainable, and lays the foundations for a world in which nuclear technology contributes to sustainable development while nuclear weapons begin to fade from the scene.

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