WAAS Webinar | EXTRA InfoHub: The UN Global Risk Report

Join BRIDGES Executive Director, Steven Hartman, for this World Academy of Art and Science EXTRAInfoHub webinar, in collaboration with the UNESCO-MOST BRIDGES Coalition.

The EXTRA InfoHub of the World Academy of Art and Science is hosting a webinar to discuss the first-ever UN Global Risk Report. The event, co-hosted with UNESCO_MOST BRIDGES and the Pardee Institute, will also include participation from ASRA (Accelerator for Systemic Risk Assessment). This inaugural report marks the United Nations' entry into integrated risk assessment.

Event Details:

Topic: The significance of the new UN Global Risk Report.  To consider the impact and likely future development of the Global Risk Report.

What to Expect:

The webinar will explore the report's methodology, scope, and scenarios for four future states: Breakdown, Status Quo, Progress, and Breakthrough. The report itself provides an analysis of 28 global risks, which were identified through a survey of 83 UN member states and over 1,000 stakeholders. 

Some of the risks mentioned in the report include:

🔺Technology-Driven Power Concentration

🔺AI and Cybersecurity Breakdown

🔺Pandemic Biorisks

🔺Shortages of Natural Resources

🔺Rapid Decline in Biodiversity

🔺Large-Scale Natural Hazard Risks

🔺Mass Movement of People

🔺Large-Scale Pollution

Featured Participants

Chair: Thomas Reuter, Trustee of the World Academy of Arts and Science (WAAS).

Speakers:

Jonathan D. Moyer, Director of the F. S. Pardee Institute for International Futures

Ajay Gambhir, Director of Systemic Risk Assessment at ASRA.

Michael Marien, Research Director at EXTRA.

Steven Hartman, Founding Executive Director of the BRIDGES Sustainability Science Coalition.

Registration: You can register to receive a Zoom link for the webinar here.

World Academy of Art and Science website