The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has announced that the Doomsday Clock has moved 20 seconds closer to midnight. There are now just 100 seconds remaining on the clock until humanity is destroyed by a self-made catastrophe.
Both climate change and nuclear weapons pose existential threats to the future of humanity and, so far, world leaders have seemed unwilling to take serious action. However, if we are to step back from the precipice, this must quickly change. As former Irish President and Bulletin Elder, Mary Robinson said:
“We ask world leaders to join us in 2020 as we work to pull humanity back from the brink. The Doomsday Clock now stands at 100 seconds to midnight, the most dangerous situation that humanity has ever faced. Now is the time to come together – to unite and to act.”