Mainau Declaration

The first Mainau Declaration was an appeal against the use of nuclear weapons. Initiated and drafted by German nuclear scientists Otto Hahn and Max Born, it was circulated at the 5th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting (11–15 July 1955) and presented on Mainau Island on 15 July 1955. The declaration was initially signed by 18 Nobel laureates. Within a year, the number of supporters rose to 52 Nobel laureates. Full text : Signatories The initial 18 signatories were: • Kurt Alder • Max Born • Adolf Butenandt • Arthur H. Compton • Gerhard Domagk • Hans von Euler-Chelpin • Otto Hahn • Werner Heisenberg • George Hevesy • Richard Kuhn • Fritz Lipmann • Hermann Joseph Muller • Paul Hermann Müller • Leopold Ruzicka • Frederick Soddy • Wendell M. Stanley • Hermann Staudinger • Hideki Yukawa == Mainau Declaration 2015 on Climate Change ==

The Mainau Declaration 2015 on Climate Change was presented on Mainau Island, Germany, on the occasion of the last day of the 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting on Friday 3 July 2015. It is an urgent warning of the consequences of climate change and was initially signed by 36 Nobel laureates. In the months thereafter, 35 additional laureates joined the group of supporters of the declaration. As of February 2016, a total of 76 Nobel laureates endorse the Mainau Declaration 2015. The text of the declaration states that although more data needs to be analysed and further research has to be done, the climate report by the IPCC still represents the most reliable scientific assessment on anthropogenic climate change, and that it should therefore be used as a foundation upon which policymakers should discuss actions to oppose the global threat of climate change. who initially signed the Mainau Declaration 2015. Photo: Christian Flemming Full text Brian Schmidt reading the Mainau Declaration 2015 on Climate Change on the final day of the 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting. Photo: Christian Flemming Signatories and supporters The following Nobel laureates have thus far signed the Mainau Declaration 2015 or expressed their full support after its presentation. 36 Nobel laureates (left column) signed the declaration on 3 July 2015 on the final day of the 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting; 40 agreed later on for their names to be listed as signatories. == Mainau Declaration 2024 ==

The third Mainau declaration, titled Mainau Declaration 2024 on Nuclear Weapons was announced and signed on July 5, 2024 at the 73rd Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting on Mainau Island. The document was read in full by physics laureate David Gross and then signed in front of the audience of young scientists by all 22 present Nobel laureates in physics and chemistry. The full document has signatures from 30 laureates in physics and chemistry. Similarly to the Mainau Declaration 2015, the following Nobel laureates (left column) have signed the Mainau Declaration 2024 on the day of its announcement, while other laureates have later agreed to add their names to the list of signatories (right column): ==See also==