For over 40 years, IPPNW has provided scientific and medical information on the humanitarian impacts of nuclear weapons. Below is a selection of our resources.
Table of Contents
Reports
Humanitarian Impacts
The medical, environmental and humanitarian consequences of nuclear war. 2013. [YouTube]
Catastrophic Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons
One day in Hiroshima – An oral history. 2007. [PDF] (French [PDF])
Catastrophic humanitarian harm. ICAN. August 2012. [PDF]
The health and humanitarian case for banning and eliminating nuclear weapons. 2016. [PDF]
Nuclear Famine: The global climate effects of regional nuclear war (2013) (Spanish version)
Moruroa: The bomb and us. (English translation) 2017. [PDF]
- Moruroa: La bombe et nous. Original booklet, in French, about the impact of French nuclear testing on South Pacific island populations. 2011. [PDF]
“Can we prevent nuclear war?” TEDxVail talk by Dr. Ira Helfand. January 2016. [YouTube]
Nuclear winter—still possible but preventable. IPPNW science adviser Alan Robock at TEDxHoboken
Dr. Ron McCoy on the abolition of nuclear weapons
The Beginning of the End of Nuclear Weapons — 56-minute documentary film (Pressenza International Press Agency) about efforts to bring a nuclear weapon ban treaty into international law; features IPPNW leaders and other ICAN campaigners.
Abolition
IPPNW Statements of Concern
September 2021- March 2026
IPPNW Condemns Strikes Against Iran, Calls for Return to Negotiations 28 February 2026. [PDF]
Statement of Concern for Narges Mohammadi 17 February 2026.
IPPNW statement on the US Intervention in Venezuela 7 January 2025. [PDF]
PSR and IPPNW Condemn the Recent Suggestion of Nuclear Testing by the U.S. 30 October 2025. [PDF]
Violence against health professionals in conflict areas is unacceptable 5 October 2025.
IPPNW Calls for an Immediate Ceasefire and Return to Diplomacy with Iran 13 June 2025. [PDF]
Statement by International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) on Israel’s Attacks on Gaza’s Healthcare System and Personnel 9 June 2025. [PDF]
India and Pakistan must now take steps for lasting peace in the region 19 May 2025.
International Physicians call for immediate cease fire in South Asia; Warn of danger of “catastrophic nuclear conflict” 7 May 2025. [PDF]
IPPNW calls for immediate humanitarian ceasefire in Israel-Palestine war 14 November 2023.
A Joint Statement of IPPNW Physicians in Russia and Ukraine 16 March 2022. [PDF]
Proposed US/UK nuclear-powered submarines for Australia: jeopardising health
and fuelling an arms race. 2021. [PDF]
The 11th Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) took place April 27 – May 22, 2026. IPPNW attended the RevCon to call for a return to diplomacy and to advance our mission for a world without nuclear weapons. Read the federation’s recommendations below.
Third Meeting of States Parties
- International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War’s Statement to the third Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Stella Zeigler and Walusungu Mtonga
- “Nuclear deterrence can never be a responsible or sustainable security strategy” Julianne Hauschulz and Jean-Marie Collin
Second meeting of States Parties
- IPPNW Statement to the second Meeting of States Parties Sally Ndung’u
- Working Paper The vital role of scientific evidence in advancing nuclear disarmament and the effective implementation of the TPNW
First meeting of States Parties
- IPPNW Recommendations for First Meeting of States Parties (MSP1) of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) 2021. [PDF]
- IPPNW statement by Carlos Umana statement to 1MSP
Pre-TPNW
- The health and humanitarian case for banning and eliminating nuclear weapons. 2016. [PDF]
- Working paper to the UN conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination. 2017. [PDF]
- Co-president Tilman Ruff addresses ban treaty conference at UN. 2017. (IPPNW1)
- Co-president Tilman Ruff addresses UN Open-Ended Working Group. 2016. (IPPNW1)
- Filling the gap—report on the Third Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons. Reaching Critical Will. 2014. [PDF]
TPNW Recommendations
For more information, contact IPPNW’s Program Director, Molly McGinty.