ISH Panel: 'Real Human Security' | Mel Evans
Channel: Campaign Against Arms Trade
Date: 2021-04-11

ISH Panel: 'Real Human Security' | Mel Evans

Our It Starts Here Conference returns for another year - this time revamped (and digital)!

We were excited to continue our jam-packed Saturday programme with our third panel of the day.

As we rebuild our economy shattered by COVID-19, we have the chance to address some big questions. Black and Asian communities and those on the lowest incomes have been hit hardest. How do we build a more equal society? Last year saw huge support for Black Lives Matter, but as the government responds with a 'war on wokeness’, what can we actually do to ensure all lives are more secure?

To envision a safer future for all in the UK, we must also put a stop to British arms companies profiting from conflict and repression around the world. Our most pressing security threat as a nation is the climate emergency, yet the government is failing to act with enough urgency to meet our climate commitments. At a critical time for people and planet, the UK chooses to fund multi billion pound nuclear weapons programmes, and new nuclear energy projects, locking billions into unknown technologies with spiralling costs and huge security risks.

The time has come to radically rethink our security policies and reshape our industries around them, building a safer future with real human security for everyone.



The panel was moderated by Caroline Jones, Public Campaigns Co-ordinator & Kirsten Bayes, Local Outreach Co-ordinator at Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT).


#ISH2021online | @caatUK


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Mel Evans is an artist and campaigner, part of Liberate Tate, Platform London and Fuel Poverty Action. She is also the Head of GreenPeace's Oil Campaign.