Global Catastrophic Risks 2022: a year of colliding consequences

• Type: Technical Report
• Date: 2022

Authors

Waaghals, Kajsa (Editor) Other; Pereira, Joana Castro (Collaborator) FLUP

Other information

Abstract (EN): Ukraine war, nuclear risk, climate change, Covid intersect to create unprecedented ‘polycrisis’. Global catastrophic risks have intensified at an unprecedented rate in 2022, intersecting and reinforcing each other with far-reaching consequences. The annual report, with the 2022-edition titled: A Year of Colliding Consequences, is the foundation’s review of major global risks that threaten at least ten per cent of humanity. This year’s report flags complex convergence of global threats. This report is released in the wake of the failure of the COP27 climate talks to agree strong measures to curb fossil fuel production, and as the ripple effects of the Ukraine war continue to be felt worldwide in terms of heightened nuclear risk, severe food and energy insecurity, surging inflation and poverty.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

Notes: Waldemar Ingdahl, researcher; Weber Shandwick, Social Impact Team, creative direction and graphic design. Contributors: Kennette Benedict - Senior Advisor, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists; David Heymann - Distinguished Fellow, Chatham House, and Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; Swee Kheng Khor - Honorary Visiting Assistant P+rofessor, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore; Ariel Conn - Founder and President, Magnitude 10 Consulting; Gerhard Drolshagen - University of Oldenburg and the European Space Agency; Lindley Johnson - NASA Planetary Defense Officer and Program Executive of the Planetary Defense Coordination Office; Romana Kofler - United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs; Joana Castro Pereira - Assistant Professor of Politics and International Relations, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, University of Porto; Stephen Sparks - Professor, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol; Philip Osano - Research Fellow, Natural Resources and Ecosystems, Stockholm Environment Institute; Gustaf Arrhenius - Director and Professor, Practical Philosophy, Institute for Future Studies; Malcolm Fairbrother - Professor of Sociology, Umeå University; Martin Kolk - Researcher and Associate Professor, Stockholm University Demography Unit, Centre for Cultural Evolution & Institute for Future Studies; Joe Roussos - Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute for Future Studies; Angela Kane - Sam Nunn Distinguished Fellow, the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI); Magnus Jiborn - Head of Research, Global Challenges Foundation.

Reference: Global Challenges Foundation ANNUAL REPORT