Every day the nuclear bombs that are deployed in Germany threaten all life. This year we again protest against the danger of nuclear war which is higher than ever. We make clear why nuclear weapons make no-one safer, and how the history of colonial dominance is connected with them. Through diverse voices and various protests, we aim to change nuclear policy.

Banning these weapons of mass destruction from Germany is a simple step: just signing the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) would be necessary.

This year we will build the camp in a new place. Both the German nuclear weapons and their base at Büchel are in the process of being technically „upgraded“. To make that possible the planes that deliver the nuclear bombs needed to move: to Nörvenich. Here, near Hambacher Forst or „Hambi“ – a place of successful resistance against a system hostile to life – we will make camp, protest, educate ourselves and express ourselves creatively.

We need the billions that industrialised countries spend on rearmament to fight the effects of climate change which affect the Global South disproportunately. Many Pacific islanders, whose homes and lives are threatened by the climate catastrophe, are still suffering today from the consequences of nuclear weapons tests, most of which were conducted far from Western „civilisation“, in former colonies and on the lands of ethnic minorities.

Nuclear weapons also have a direct impact on the climate: a single flight hour of a nuclear carrier aircraft stationed in Nörvenich, for example, emits more CO2 than one German citizen in an entire year.

In the camp we will hear the voices of people from all over the world who suffer from nuclear weapons, and from those who have survived them. We will hear from those who have been fighting against them for a long time. Those who have fought a slow death from cancer, fought against the exploitation of their environment, against their displacement and colonial oppression. We fight alongside them and we demand a future for all, where conflicts are resolved peacefully, through dialogue and a lively, creative coexistence is possible.

Do you also want Germany to become nuclear weapons-free? Then the IPPNW and ICAN’s Climate Action Camp against Nukes between Hambi and Nörvenich is the right place for you! Here at the protest camp we will find ways to express our solidarity practically and do our part to change things. Because if Germany was to give up its nuclear weapons, the world would become a somewhat safer place. We call on the German government to withdraw nuclear weapons from Germany and to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).

Join the call! Come to the camp, support us and all global antinuclear struggles, and let us learn from each other.