The Treaty Alignment Campaign manages the non-advocacy (501c3) activities of the Warheads to Windmills Coalition. To view those activities, go to:
The Treaty Alignment Campaign (TAC) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization committed to the total elimination of nuclear weapons and fossil fuels. TAC also promotes the conversion of the human, financial, and infrastructure resources currently wasted on nuclear weapons to sustainable evidence-based climate solutions.
TAC coordinates and fundraises for the tax-deductible educational and non-advocacy work of the Warheads to Windmills Coalition.
Separately, NuclearBan.US is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit that supports city, state, and national legislation to shift funding from nuclear weapons of mass extinction to green technologies and other pressing human needs. They coordinate and fundraise for the political work of the Warheads to Windmills Coalition.
TWO TREATIES
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW, or Nuclear Ban Treaty), agreed in 2017 by 122 countries at the United Nations, bans everything to do with nuclear weapons. It represents the overwhelming consensus of world public opinion on what can and must be done to save this planet from this increasing threat. It has been signed by 94 countries so far, and ratified by 73.
The Fossil Fuel Treaty is currently being developed, with the TPNW as a model. We expect that it will ban everything to do with burning fossil fuels.
TAC uses these two treaties as educational tools to debunk myths and shift paradigms.
ALIGNMENT
Individuals, faith communities, colleges, banks, businesses, organizations and institutions can “align” themselves with these international agreements, whether or not our national government is on board yet.
TAC offers tools and encouragement for divesting, boycotting, and stigmatizing both industries. Public opprobrium and economic pressure send a powerful message: The age of nuclear weapons and fossil fuels is now over. Corporations must adapt to a socially responsible economy.
TAC is focused chiefly on the United States. The US is not yet a party to either treaty, but it is key to solving these problems. The US created nuclear weapons. It is a major greenhouse gas emitter. Many major global oil companies and global nuclear weapons corporations are based in the US. Most importantly, it will be impossible to solve either of these existential threats without robust US cooperation and leadership.
This treaty is already making a difference!
The Nobel Peace Prize-winning 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (Nuclear Ban Treaty) outlaws EVERYTHING to do with nuclear weapons in the countries that have ratified it.
The nine nuclear-armed nations are thus under growing pressure from the rest of the world to eliminate this threat to everyone. And so are the profiteering companies that make and maintain nuclear weapons, along with their investors, suppliers and enablers, who could be breaking the law in those countries.
The Treaty gives legal weight, power, and credibility to disarmament efforts worldwide. It's also a wonderful read!
Pressuring the Nuclear Weapons Profiteers
Our sister organization, NuclearBan.US, lobbies Congress and the White House to sign the Nuclear Ban Treaty and work toward total global abolition of nuclear weapons.
That's quite a challenge, because wealthy war profiteers have more influence over our government than citizens do. So it's crucial to pressure the corporations directly with boycotts, divestment, shaming, and contacting CEO's. In the 1980's, these tactics convinced several nuclear weapons companies to get out of the business -- and to use their influence on the government to help end the Cold War.
Even if our government hasn't yet aligned with the Treaty, WE can join the global movement aligning our communities, organizations, institutions, banks, and investments with the Treaty, building momentum toward eliminating nuclear weapons before they eliminate us.
Toolkits
The educational 501(c)(3) nonprofit Treaty Alignment Campaign provides educational materials and action toolkits for the Warheads to Windmills Campaign, which is administered by our sister organization, the 501(c)(4) nonprofit NuclearBan.US.
At WarheadsToWindmills.org, you can find extraordinary resources for taking effective action individually or together with the national Warheads to Windmills Coalition.
You can also access Warheads To Windmills: Preventing Climate Catastrophe and Nuclear War, the comprehensive, accessible, indispensable book by Dr. Timmon Wallis.
This website is about education and about pressuring the profiteers. There's a third crucial activity: building political support for the Nuclear Ban Treaty. To learn more:
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
122 nations adopted the International Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons at the United Nations in New York on 7/7/17. It entered into force on 1/22/21. This Treaty finally and conclusively puts nuclear weapons into the same class of illegal and unacceptable weapons as chemical and biological weapons.
The United States does not want to sign this Treaty, but WE THE PEOPLE can demand that it does. We can put pressure on the profiteering companies who are holding us back from joining the rest of the world in addressing this existential threat to the whole planet.
