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CDC seeks to “protect America from health, safety and security threats, both foreign and in the U.S. Whether diseases start at home or abroad, are chronic or acute, curable or preventable,...

An organization focused on addressing worst-case risks arising from developing and deploying advanced AI systems and other notable S-risks. Their current areas of focus include “conflict scenarios, as well as...

Studies the mitigation of technological risks to human existence; seeks to identify concerns that need to be taken seriously and have not received sufficient study. It's based at the University...

It aims to promote "critical conversations for the future of human civilization; dedicated to the reduction of systemic fragility and the advancement of new forms of governance and coordination. It...

A "multidisciplinary research institute at the University of Oxford” that works on “big picture questions for human civilisation and explores what can be done now to ensure a flourishing long-term...

Seeks to mitigate the threats stemming from four existential risks they identified: climate change, nuclear weapons, biotechnology, and AI. They catalyze research for safeguarding life and developing optimistic visions of...

Global Catastrophic Risk Institute(2011, New York & Washington; 7 staff; gcrinstitute.org) A non-profit, non-partisan think-tank that analyzes risks and events that threaten the survival of human civilization. Their aim is...

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...

Global Security is an elusive term with several definitions. According to Ken Booth, Global Security Threats can be divided into global existential threats and global emancipatory threats. Global existential threats,...

A non-profit foundation focused on improving the management of emerging and systemic risks that could impact human and environmental health, the economy, society, and overall sustainability. Through its interdisciplinary and...