The Global Peace Dividend Initiative was started in 2021 by physicist Carlo Rovelli with help from Matteo Smerlak, Alevtina Nepomniachtchikh, and others.
The Initiative draws inspiration from the Pugwash Conference, a society of scientists which played a role in convincing the Soviet and US governments to collaborate at the height of the cold war, by agreeing to destroy some 80–90% of their nuclear warheads.
Its aim is to catalyze an international agreement to jointly reduce military spending and redirect the huge savings to a global fund to fight planetary emergencies.
Contact:
- Carlo Rovelli: carlo@global-peace-dividend.org
- Matteo Smerlak: matteo@global-peace-dividend.org