existential risks
Global Risk Dialogue – Session II: Hazards with escalation potential
27 November 2023The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, International Science Council, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, and the Simon Institute for Longterm Governance have collaborated to develop a briefing… Read more
Global Risk Dialogue: Hazards with escalation Potential – Implications for risk research
10 November 2023The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, International Science Council, Centre for the Study of Existential Risk, and the Simon Institute for Longterm Governance have collaborated to develop a briefing… Read more
Children at ‘existential risk’ from climate crisis, UK’s top paediatrician says
21 October 2023Dr Camilla Kingdon, the president of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, has warned that the climate crisis poses a significant threat to the health and well-being of… Read more
New international security project to improve disaster risk management for unexpected events
19 October 2023The AGILE project, which the European Union funds, aims to develop tools and methodologies to assist in understanding, anticipating, and managing High Impact Low Probability (HILP) events. HILP events are… Read more
State of Nature report 2023
27 September 2023Biodiversity loss in the UK poses a significant risk in building long-term resilience to disasters. The 2023 State of Nature report is the most comprehensive report on our biodiversity, developed… Read more
Policy implications of artificial intelligence
27 September 2023Approval has been given from the Parliamentary Office for Science and Technology (POST) for work on a new POSTnote briefing exploring the policy implications of artificial intelligence. POSTnote briefings, are… Read more