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Global Catastrophic Risks 2026

This year's Global Catastrophic Risks report 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.

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Climate change
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Climate change

Ecological Collapse
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Ecological Collapse

Nuclear Weapons
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Nuclear Weapons

Articifical Intelligence
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Articifical Intelligence

Near Earth Asteroids
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Near Earth Asteroids

Measures to adapt the current system of multilateral co-operation to handle these risks are seldom straightforward.
Jens Orback
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What are Global Catastrophic Risks?

A global catastrophic risk is a possible event or process that can threaten the lives of a large part of humanity, across multiple continents. Humanity today faces a multitude of such risks, ranging from environmental crises to the potentially disastrous consequences of advanced technologies. These risks are rapidly increasing, interconnected, and demand global cooperation to manage.

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