A new “all-hazards” approach for reducing multiple catastrophic threats

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Author
Rumtin Sepasspour
Year
2023
Published in
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Each of the various pathways to global catastrophe presents its own winding course of possibilities. Nuclear weapons, climate change, pandemics, advanced technologies, and space weather might appear as fundamentally different threats. However, they are not disconnected. They branch out from common drivers like geopolitical competition, economic growth, and technological advancement. The terrains for tackling the various threats are also similar, presenting shared challenges and features.

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