Global challenges need global cooperation

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.

Global risks

Highlights

Pandemics

What is at stake? In the 5th and 14th century, Plague epidemics spread internationally and killed approximately 15%...

Governance of pandemics

The World Health Organisation (WHO), established in 1948 as a specialised agency of the United Nations, is currently...

The situation of fundamental rights in Europe and the way forward

Join Jens Orback, executive director of the Global Challenges Foundation for a live broadcast on democracy, governance and...

Partnerships

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.

Partnerships

Updates

The situation of fundamental rights in Europe and the way forward

May 26, 2020

Join Jens Orback, executive director of the Global Challenges Foundation for a live broadcast on democracy, governance and...

Perspectives on UN75 from Independent Experts and Global Civil Society

May 20, 2020

On May 13th Jens Orback and Dr. Magnus Jiborn, respectively Executive Director and Head of Research of the...

The future we want – the UN we need

April 24, 2020

The Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Global Challenges Foundation invites you to celebrate the Day of...

Responding to COVID-19: Priorities Now and Preparing for the Future

April 22, 2020

What have we done so far and what are some of the early lessons? Some thoughts on these...

Multistakeholderism Filling the Global Governance Gap?

April 15, 2020

Multistakeholderism has grown in recent decades as a major alternative (and sometimes challenge) to intergovernmental multilateralism in the...

Global Governance and Global Catastrophic Risks: Is the United Nations ready for the Anthropocene?

April 14, 2020

The United Nations was founded on the idea that, if states came together, another catastrophic war of the...

Identifying and Assessing the Drivers of Global Catastrophic Risk

February 12, 2020

This report reviews and appraises the methods and approaches for assessing the drivers of global catastrophic risk. The...

New Shape Prize winner visits UN Undersecretary to discuss new model of global governance

February 11, 2020

Fabrizio Hochschild Drummond, Under-Secretary General with special responsibility for the UN75 agenda, invites Augusto López- Claros for a...

Natural Disasters and Political Violence: Assessing the Intersections

January 6, 2020

The number and intensity of natural disasters is on the rise, while political violence remains at a very...

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Analysis & research

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

Partnerships

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

Education

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