V. Ramana is the Simons chair in disarmament, global and human security and a professor in the school of public policy and global affairs at the University of British Columbia. He is the author of The Power of Promise: Examining Nuclear Energy in India(Penguin Books, 2012) and a forthcoming book explaining why nuclear power is not a solution to climate change to be published by Verso Books. He is also a member of the International Panel on Fissile Materials, the Canadian Pugwash Group, the International Nuclear Risk Assessment Group, and the team that produces the annual World Nuclear Industry Status Report.