Aims to reduce the main global challenges and risks that threaten humanity. Their work is based on the risk analysis ideas central to the success of Laszlo Szombatfalvy. Seeks to raise awareness of nonlinear risks, particularly regarding climate change, other environmental damage, and political violence, and how these threats are linked to poverty and the rapid growth in the global population.

Partnerships & Initiatives:

Publications:

• Analysis & Research
• The New Shape Library – A curated archive containing some of the most innovative and interesting submissions sent to the New Shape Prize.
• Earth Statement – GCF joined forces with Earth League, a network of the world’s 17 leading climate scientists, to develop the climate petition Earth Statement. The petition summarized the synthesis of the global research on climate change.

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Global Catastrophic Risks 2020 (2020, 56p.) – It gives an “overview of all the greatest threats to humanity,
  to track developments in the issues, to highlight their interconnectedness and to explore how they are being managed at the global level.”