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Causes: Arms Control & Peace, International
Mission: The council for a livable world promotes policies to reduce and eventually eliminate nuclear weapons and to minimize the risk of war through lobbying and by helping elect and support members of congress who share our goals.
Programs: Clw's primary service accomplishments focus on the reduction and eventual elimination of nuclear weapons and weapons-grade materials, a reduction in the risks of war, and advocacy for sensible military spending policies. It acts through its support for federal candidates to elective office that share its goals, and through dissemination of its research and analysis on related issues.
together with the pentagon budget campaign and its other participants, clw works to educate policy-makers and the public about the u. S. Defense budget, including nuclear and non-proliferation items. Through oversight and legislative lobbying clw also works to highlight and eliminate pentagon fraud, waste and abuse in spending as well as influence smart defense spending decisions that might increase u. S. National security without compromising u. S. National economic security.