Our work
We are dedicated to raising awareness of global catastrophic risks and strengthening global governance to address them.
Global challenges need global co-operation
We are dedicated to raising awareness of global catastrophic risks and strengthening global governance to address them.
Global Catastrophic Risks 2026
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Report / Paper
Publication date: :
2025-12-15
Global Catastrophic Risks 2026
Global Tipping Points Report 2025
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Report / Paper
Publication date: :
2025-12-12
Global Tipping Points Report 2025
Interview: New Head of Climate and Sustainability, Eva Mineur
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Update
Publication date: :
2025-09-25
Interview: New Head of Climate and Sustainability, Eva Mineur
Global Catastrophic Risks 2026
This year’s Global Catastrophic Risks report has a fresh new design and online version. It looks at five of the biggest risks facing humanity today — climate change, biodiversity collapse, weapons of mass destruction, artificial intelligence (AI) in military decision-making and near Earth asteroids.
Focus
Our objective is to mitigate major global catastrophic risks that threaten humanity effectively and equitably.
Co-operation
We aim to create a more secure and sustainable future for all. We support and work together with a number of organisations.
The biggest threats to humanity stem from the global community’s inability to deal with them effectively
Laszlo Szombatfalvy, a Hungarian-Swedish businessman, started The Global Challenges Foundation in 2012. He also initiated one of the world’s largest competitions in the social sciences. The goal was to find original proposals for new decision-making structures that could galvanise effective international action to tackle global catastrophic risks.