All three major powers can boost their economies, and those throughout Asia and beyond, by accelerating the shift away from fossil fuels. We have a chance in the economic recovery from Covid-19 to create a healthy, resilient and net zero-emissions future for the world.

Pious words about the victims of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will ring hollow if today’s nuclear powers do not take concrete steps to reduce their arsenals and invest in arms control architecture.