The annual report of the new Global Challenges Foundation in Stockholm overlaps with the WEF Risks Report in concerns about nuclear weapons, chemical and biological weapons, catastrophic climate change, ecological collapse, pandemics, and natural disasters–specifically a globally catastrophic volcanic eruption. It differs from Davos by considering an unlikely asteroid impact, technologies such as artificial intelligence and solar geoengineering, and unknown risks. Concludes that “the next 50 years will determine the next 10,000 years,” and that “much is at stake, too little is done, and if we wait until later, caring may no longer matter.”
Global Catastrophic Risks
A non-profit organization blending science, art, and storytelling to foster planetary awareness and understanding. Its mission is to spark a fundamental shift in thinking toward a safer, fairer, and better…
A nonprofit and international advocacy organization devoted to reducing all-hazards global catastrophic risk (GCR). Fiscally sponsored by Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs (SEE), it envisions a world where all governments have…
An initiative based at Stanford University that addresses interconnected threats to human well-being and the environment. Its mission is to foster a global dialogue on how biogeophysical and socio-economic systems…