Disarmament peace and development Excessive military spendingreduces the available financial reserves for health education and other human needs. For poor countries it increases poverty unemployment and destitution.It also strengthens dictatorial tendencies in politics and acts against democratic values. If we want to achieve peace eliminate poverty decrease inequality and achieve social justice we should devote all our energies to reducing military spending and using the released resources for economic development. For that we need a concerted effort to encourage disarmament. This newvolume provides reflections and insights from leading public figures and activists who oppose military expenditure in any form. Many of the contributions to this volume were presented as speeches at the Disarm! For a Climate of Peace meeting held in Berlin in 2016 organized by the International Peace Bureau. The volume also includes additional research oriented chapters to complement the transcripts from the International Peace Bureau meeting.