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Amsterdam Sustainability Institute
Amsterdam Sustainability Institute (2019; Amsterdam; agci.vu.nl) Formerly known as Amsterdam Global Change Institute this research institute of the Vrije Universiteit "seeks to build bridges among VU researchers and with the...
Centre for the Study of Existential Risk
A multidisciplinary research center within the University of Cambridge aimed at the study and mitigation of technology’s risk to human existence. Humanity’s technological power brings about novel threats such as...
Ceres
Ceres (1989; Boston; 116 staff; ceres.org) The Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies is a non-profit organization that strives for a sustainable future by transforming the economy. It was mostly founded as...
Alliances | Coalitions | Networks, Business, Carbon Asset Risk, Green Investment, Risk, Supply Chains
Climate and Development Knowledge Network
Is a partnership between SouthSouthNorth (SSN) in South Africa, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, South Asia in Delhi, Fundación Futuro Latinoamericano (FFLA) in Quito, and the London-based Overseas Development Institute (ODI) aiming to...
Council on Strategic Risks
A nonprofit, non-partisan security policy institute devoted to anticipating, analyzing, and addressing core systemic risks to security in the 21st century, with special examination of the ways in which these...
Department of Defense Climate Risk Analysis
(Department of Defense, Oct 2021, 18p, full report) The Department of Defense Climate Risk Analysis describes how climate change is modifying the geostrategic, operational, and tactical landscape. This has significant consequences...
Future of Humanity Institute
Future of Humanity Institute(2005; Oxford; 33 staff; fhi.ox.ac.uk) A "multidisciplinary research institute at the University of Oxford” that works on “big picture questions for human civilisation and explores what can...
Global Catastrophic Risk Institute
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...
Environmental Risk Analysis, Existential Risks, Global Catastrophic Risk Analysis, Global Risks, Information Portals, Nuclear War, Risk, Risk and Resilience, Risk Assessment, Risk Management, Security Evaluation
Global Challenges Foundation
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...
Existential Risks, Foundations: Operating Only, Global Affairs, Global Challenges, Global Governance, Global Risks, Governance, Risk
Global Interagency Security Forum
Global Interagency Security Forum (2006; Manchester; 10 staff; gisf.ngo) An NGO and support network established to provide a platform for focal points to yield experiences, knowledge, and learning. It shares...
Investor Network on Climate Risk
Investor Network on Climate Risk (2003; Boston; 4 staff; ceres.org) A project of the CERES organisation. Offers "investors the opportunity to engage with their peers to share updates on key...
MSCI
A finance company providing "critical decision support tools and services for the global investment community." Creates "industry-leading research-enhanced solutions that clients use to gain insight into and improve transparency across...
Munich Climate Insurance Initiative
A research institute and advocacy group that focuses on climate change and insurance. It advocates in governments and policy processes like UNFCCC and ISDR´s Hyogo Framework “for new ways of...
Right. Based on Science
The climate metrics and software provider uses its "proprietary X-Degree Compatibility (XDC) model, right. calculates the contribution of a company, investment portfolio or other economic entity to global warming (temperature...
Risk Management Solutions
An organization that brings together “science and technology to deliver high-resolution risk insights that enable calm data-driven decision-making in the face of catastrophe.” It provides organizations with the necessary expertise...
Swiss Re
A worldwide provider "of reinsurance, insurance and other forms of insurance-based risk transfer." Its mission "is to enable society to thrive and progress, creating new opportunities and solutions for its...
Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures
An organization "created to improve and increase reporting of climate-related financial information." It works to highlight for the financial markets "the risks and opportunities presented by rising temperatures, climate-related policy,...
The First National Flood Risk Assessment Defining America’s Growing Risk
The First National Flood Risk Assessment: Defining America’s Growing Risk (Fleet Street Foundation, June 29 2020, 163p) A national and state-by-state flood models presented are the "culmination of decades of research...
The Global Risks Report 2020
The Global Risks Report 2020 (World Economic Forum, 15th edition, Jan 2020, 92p) A report based on the WEF Global Risks Perceptions Survey of “nearly 1,000 decision-makers from the public...
The Risk Institute
An alliance of forward-thinking companies and academics that aim to propagate effective risk management strategies to protect firms and create growth and value. They operate at a unique intersection between...