In Case You Missed Jeffrey Sachs in the Boston Globe

A Boston Globe op/ed written by Jeffrey Sachs, director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, pointed to the Bulletin‘s 2017 Clock Statement and Doomsday Clock change to outline concrete steps that will keep the Clock from ticking closer to midnight over the next four years.

From the Boston Globe:

The most chilling concern about Donald Trump is the worldwide fear that he puts our very survival at risk. This is not loose talk or partisanship. It was recently expressed by the most thoughtful experts who monitor the risks to our survival: The Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, who are the keepers of the Doomsday Clock. These experts have just told the world it is “Two and a half minutes to midnight,” where midnight signifies the end of civilization. This is the closest to doom since 1953, when both the United States and Russia first possessed thermonuclear weapons capable of destroying the world.

Let’s not panic. Instead, let’s think, plan, and act. As President John F. Kennedy famously declared, “Our problems are manmade — therefore, they can be solved by man.” The problem of Donald Trump can be solved too, by the institutions of American democracy and the international rule of law. Read in full…

Read the Bulletin‘s Science and Security Board’s 2017 Doomsday Clock Statement.

Read the press release.
Watch the videotaped Doomsday Clock Announcement.
Read our FAQ on the Doomsday Clock.
See the multimedia presentation “A timeline of conflict, culture, and change.”