Closest to World Catastrophe: Doomsday Clock advanced a hundred seconds towards midnight

A group of scientists and former US government officials have determined that the risk of civilian collapse from a nuclear war or climate crisis is the highest since 1947. Reasons: retirement from the nuclear agreement and the climate agreement. The chairman of the group warned that climate change failure was a "death sentence for humanity"

The risk of civilian collapse from a nuclear war or climate crisis is at the highest risk since the Doomsday Clock was created in 1947 - a group of scientists and former US government officials have determined. They added that the clock is now about 100 seconds past midnight and that the current situation is "not stable at all". According to them, the rise of disinformation-based campaigns is made possible by advances in cyber capabilities, and both of these threats keep the public from taking action on the issue.

The Atomic Scientist Journal published the report, which said the clock had advanced to 100 seconds before midnight, the "closest" time to a catastrophic disaster since the clock began operating in 1947. "The world must wake up. Our star is facing two existential threats at the same time," said Mary Robinson, chair of an international leadership group called the Elderly.

Robinson, who previously served as the President of Ireland and the UN Commissioner for Human Rights, added that states that do not aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and continue to use fossil fuels of various types, such as coal, oil and natural fuel - "have sentenced death sentences to humanity." While public pressure gives hope to dealing with climate issues, nuclear threats have no public pressure at all, and Robinson added that as long as nuclear weapons remain available, they cannot be used one day, "accidentally or intentionally."

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The world is more dangerous following the retirement from the nuclear agreement and the climate agreement. Scientist group with "Doomsday Clock" (Photo: AP)

Scientist group with "Doomsday Clock", January 25, 2020 (Photo: AP)

Robert Rosner, chairman of the Scientific Journal's Science and Security Committee, said the company had become a very dangerous world and became accustomed to it. He said "information war" undermines "the public's ability to understand what is real and what is wrong and false."

Sharon Squawsoni, a Washington University researcher, said the US withdrawal from the nuclear agreement meant that Iran would reduce its commitments to the agreement. She added that although some people thought that Donald Trump would succeed in bringing North Korea to the negotiating table for its nuclear capabilities, this did not actually happen.

Scientists' warnings come while the world's nuclear armament control is in jeopardy. The medium-term nuclear disarmament agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union from 1987 expired in August 2019, when the United States blamed Russia for failing to comply, and US President Donald Trump announced his departure.

Immediately afterwards, the United States began conducting medium-range nuclear missile tests, similar to Russian missiles, but it is unclear whether they will be deployed in Asia or Europe.

"Death Sentence for Humanity." Scientist group with "Doomsday Clock" (Photo: AP)

Scientist group with "Doomsday Clock", January 25, 2020 (Photo: AP)

The death of the Nuclear Disarmament Treaty leaves only the New Start Agreement, signed between Russia and the United States by then-Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama in 2010, as the last border between the United States and Russia. That agreement is also set to expire in February 2021, although the agreement could be extended by five years, and Putin has agreed to an extension, but the Trump administration insists it also includes China. China, whose nuclear arsenal is not aggressively deployed, has opted out of the treaty.

Doomsday Clock was not that dangerous since the end of the Cold War. While the nuclear war remains a threat, the climate crisis continues to intensify as the federal government in the United States under Trump has withdrawn from the climate agreement.

Last year was the second hottest measured on Earth. The average temperature of 2019 was higher than the average between 1850 and 1900, in more than one degree. The use of fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions can encourage warming in three or four degrees. These disturbances reinforce extreme weather and are expected to exacerbate poverty and global unrest.

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