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3 de jul. de 2008 · In Global Catastrophic Risks 25 leading experts look at the gravest risks facing humanity in the 21st century, including asteroid impacts, gamma-ray bursts, Earth-based natural catastrophes, nuclear war, terrorism, global warming, biological weapons, totalitarianism, advanced nanotechnology, general artificial intelligence, and ...
Global catastrophic risks in the domain of earth system governance include global warming, environmental degradation, extinction of species, famine as a result of non-equitable resource distribution, human overpopulation or underpopulation, crop failures, and non-sustainable agriculture.
For the Greenland ice sheet (GIS), the West Antarctic ice sheet (WAIS), tropical coral reef systems and abrupt thawing of permafrost in the Arctic, the latest science foresees a high risk of tipping beyond 1.5°C global warming (Armstrong McKay et al., 2022).
Researching Global Catastrophic Risks at the Future of Humanity Institute. What are the biggest threats to global civilization and human well-being? Will the human species survive the 21st century? Humanity is developing unprecedented powers, which entail new kinds of risk.
This report aims to present an overview of the global catastrophic risks that the world currently faces, based on consideration of certain crucial facts and the latest scientific research. It proposes to complement the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report,1 which offers an up-to-date picture of global risks as perceived by leading
Global Catastrophic Risks 2024. This report focuses on how the global catastrophic risks of climate change, ecological collapse and weapons of mass destruction intersect and exacerbate one another. The report offers the international community specific and detailed proposals for how to adapt current systems of multilateral cooperation to ...
6 de ago. de 2021 · In this emerging risk landscape, moderate volcanic eruptions might have cascading, catastrophic effects. Risk assessments ought to be considered in this light.
