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The global risks

The mission of the Global Challenges Foundation is to prevent, or at least reduce the likelihood, of a catastrophe that would cause the death of over 10% of humanity, or cause damage on a similar scale. This is known as a global catastrophic risk.

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IPCC publishes AR6, part 1 – the physical sciences

The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has published the first part of the main report...
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How is it governed?

States, companies and organizations create forums and superstructures to be able to address and resolve common issues. On...
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Podcast: D10 – A Global Coalition for Democracy in the Making?

The Group of Seven (G7) is an inter-governmental political forum, composed by the world’s largest advanced economies and...

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Global challenges require global cooperation. We will not come up with and implement the perfect solution to the world’s greatest challenges on our own. In fact, nobody will.

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Analysis & research 

The Global Challenges Foundation wants to see new global governance models that can help mitigate or eliminate global...

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Global challenges require global cooperation. We will not come up with and implement the perfect solution to the...
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Education

Global catastrophic risks call for pressing action today, but also require a broader long-term shift in the way...

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We are at a crossroads. One road points to authoritarianism, while another opens up a more hopeful cosmopolitan future

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How might we go beyond the gridlock of today’s international governance systems? Institutions developed after the Second World War have become the victims of their...
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Taking advantage of historically unique windows of opportunity and two disruptive technologies (digital crowdsourcing and cryptography) the model will inform and evaluate development policies through...
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The council would draw on universities, scientific institutes, think tanks, and business to develop necessary medium-to-long range solutions. https://t.co/9xo1fGrzHW
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The destiny of SARS-CoV-2 is not yet known – will it disappear from human populations and possibly return in the future like pandemic influenza and...
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The pulverizing force of climate impact is leading some to the doors of the courts for the judiciary to rule where legislators and policy makers...

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Who is ultimately responsible for global catastrophic risk? For nuclear war, the UN Security Council is the clear owner, and the recent Paris agreement shows...
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Even on a compressed time chart stretching billions of years into the future as well as into the past, this century is special
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Are we wise enough to make decisions that will avoid the pitfall of short-termism? Even from a very long perspective, this century is special: for...
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