Nuclear Pep Talk: 10 Questions about Banning Nukes (Finally?)
Channel: NUCLEAR PEP TALK
Date: 2022-06-22

I am Ksenia Pirnavskaia - your local guide into a nuclear world. Nuclear Pep Talk is a platform where we break myths and fears about everything NUCLEAR. In each episode, I ask 10 questions to experts, scientists, activists, politicians, and youth that deal with nuclear issues on professional and personal levels to learn and explore rather than fear and further ignorance.

Florian Eblenkamp is a campaign officer at the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). He supports ICAN's work in Nuclear Umbrella states. His work centers around helping partner organizations to leverage political processes and extending the support for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons  (TPNW) in countries whose governments are not yet supportive of the treaty. 

As such, he focuses on strengthening the ICAN Parliamentary Pledge and the ICAN Cities Appeal. Previously, Florian worked for the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid Service and holds a degree in Public Policy from King's College London. In his free time, he studies Politics and Data Science at the University of Zurich.

In this episode, Florian will talk about the Nuclear Ban Treaty (aka TPNW), the work of ICAN, and why banning nuclear weapons is important for each of us. Watch to learn more!

Opportunities:
1) Fall 2022 Internship at VCDNP/ Deadline 31 July. https://vcdnp.org/fall-2022-internship-at-vcdnp/

2) Hiroshima-ICAN Academy 2022. The application will open on 1 July, and the deadline is 12 August. https://hiroshimaforpeace.com/en/hiroshimaicanacademy2022application/

Bonus!
 
3) A Call for Applications: Young Women in Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Mentorship Programme 2nd Edition (VCDNP)/ Deadline 8 July. https://vcdnp.org/ywngi-2nd-edition-application/

Useful sources:
1) ICAN web-site - https://www.icanw.org/
2) TPNW text - https://www.un.org/disarmament/wmd/nuclear/tpnw/
3) The Treaty Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons : How it was Achieved and Why it Matters, Alexander Kmentt - https://www.routledge.com/The-Treaty-Prohibiting-Nuclear-Weapons-How-it-was-Achieved-and-Why-it-Matters/Kmentt/p/book/9780367531942
4) MSP TV by ICAN - https://vienna.icanw.org/msptv-by-ican?utm_campaign=3_ratifications_tpnw&utm_medium=email&utm_source=ican

Follow Florian Eblenkamp on social media:
Twitter: @FloEblenkamp
https://twitter.com/FloEblenkamp

Follow me on social media:
Twitter: @pirnavskaia 
https://twitter.com/pirnavskaia
Instagram: @ksenechkin
https://www.instagram.com/ksenechkin/

Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
04:37 What is the Nuclear Ban Treaty (TPNW)?
05:30 How can nuclear-weapons-ban be verified?
07:27 How did the Nuclear Ban Treaty emerge? 
09:36 Opportunity Break
11:03 What are the challenges to the TPNW?
13:00 Why should nuclear-weapons states give up nukes?
15:22 What is the ICAN & How is the TPNW promoted?
17:15 Why is it important to everyone?
18:17 COFFEE BREAK
20:29 Why is the 1st Meeting of State Parties to the TPNW crucial?
21:48 How does TPNW address the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons use?
24:40 How can YOU help to ban nukes?
27:05 Nuclear Acronym of the Day - TPNW

Thanks for watching!