Notable Online Reports

The Security and Sustainability Guide

This list of publications illustrates the great number and wide variety of the most important, and timely global security and sustainability reports, and their sponsoring organizations.

Libraries may still consider these reports as “gray literature,” and scholars and researchers may be overly immersed in traditional books and journal articles, but, arguably, these reports are the leading edge of thinking about many of the most significant global issues.

Any one report viewed alone, however, does not do justice to the growing global emergency. Too many people are inflicting costly harm on the environment and human security in too many ways, despite many efforts at mitigation, resilience, conservation, and developing new technological remedies.

 

This first global review of advanced AI systems analyzes their capabilities, risks, and safety measures. The report, led by Yoshua Bengio, brings together 100 experts from 30 countries and organizations…

Data, Existential Risks, Futures, Global Governance, Globalization, Governance, Guidelines/ Framework, Politics, Risks

Analyzes the most pressing global risks, highlighting the interconnected challenges across geopolitical, environmental, societal, and technological domains. Based on insights from over 900 experts, the report outlines risks over three-time…

Existential Risks, Global Governance, Governance, Politics, Risks, Transformation/Change

Outlines strategies to address the escalating global plastic crisis. It evaluates various policy scenarios to reduce plastic pollution, emphasizing the need for comprehensive action across the entire plastics lifecycle. Key…

Global Governance, Governance, International Relations, Plastic, Policy, Politics, Pollution, Public Sector/ Government