Why Catastrophes Can Change the Course of Humanity

View in BBC BBC Future just published an essay by GCRI Executive Director Seth Baum titled “Why catastrophes can change the course of humanity” on global catastrophes and the long-term fate of human civilization. The essay argues that we need to consider...

March Newsletter: Policy Outreach

Dear friends, This month, GCRI welcomes our newest team member, Jared Brown, who will serve as GCRI’s Special Advisor for Government Affairs. Until recently, he worked at the US Congressional Research Service, building practical knowledge of the workings of the...

February Newsletter: Nuclear War Risk Analysis

Dear friends,In order to most effectively reduce the risk of global catastrophe, it is often essential to have a quantitative understanding of the risk. It is particularly essential when we are faced with decisions that involve tradeoffs between different risks and...

December Newsletter: A Turning Point for GCRI

Dear friends, We believe that GCRI may now be at a turning point. Having established ourselves as leaders in the field of global catastrophic risk, we now seek to scale up the organization so that we can do correspondingly more to address global catastrophic risk. To...

November Newsletter: Organization Updates

Dear friends, We are currently in the process of implementing some major organization updates. These are making the organization more in line with our ongoing work and future plans. First, we’ve published new pages for the seven topics that our work focuses on:...