Global Challenges Foundation Explained

Global Challenges Foundation
Formation:2012
Founder:László Szombatfalvy
Vat Id:(for European organizations) -->
Purpose:Global catastrophic risks
Headquarters:Stockholm, Sweden
Owners:-->

The Global Challenges Foundation is a Swedish non-profit organization that seeks to raise awareness of global catastrophic risk and the global governance necessary to handle these risks. This includes examining models for UN reform, as well as initiating new ideas for a functioning global governance.[1] [2] It was founded in 2012 with a donation by the Swedish- Hungarian billionaire László Szombatfalvy.[3] [4]

Foundation

The foundation is based in Stockholm. Its board members include Johan Rockström, and the fourth AP Fund's former CEO Mats Andersson.[5] The foundation's assets predominantly consist of a donation from László Szombatfalvy, which represented roughly half of his fortune at the time—around 500 million Swedish kronor.[4] The current executive director is Jens Orback.

Risk awareness

Global Challenges Foundation is working to raise awareness of global catastrophic risks, currently primarily climate change, other environmental degradation, and political violence focusing on weapons of mass destruction. In order to do this at both the public and the decision-making levels, the Global Challenges Foundation is closely cooperating with a number of institutions, including the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University.[6]

Another risk-related project driven by the Global Challenges Foundation, along with Earth League, is Earth Statement. The climate call aims at reducing the gap between science and politics, and has formulated eight points on which the world's decision-makers need to agree to achieve a successful climate agreement at COP21. Earth Statement has been signed by Al Gore, Desmond Tutu, Mo Ibrahim, Richard Branson, Arianna Huffington, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Yuan T. Lee and Mary Robinson.[7]

Global Challenges Foundation gave support to the Stockholm School of Economics for a new track – Global Challenges. The course is included in the Bachelor program in Business and Economics.[8]

The Global Challenges Foundation conducts international risk surveys[9] and publishes annual reports on global risks,[10] interspersed with quarterly reports[11] that look at various aspects of global catastrophic risk and global governance. For example, the 2016 annual report estimates that an average American is more than five times likely to die during a human extinction event than in a car crash.[12] [13] The 2017 report highlighted a broad range of security related topics, among them climate change, and concluded that global warming has a high likelihood to end civilization.[14]

The New Shape Prize

In November 2016, the Global Challenges Foundation launched the Global Challenges Prize – A New Shape, an international competition that calls on people of academia, politics, business and civil society worldwide for proposals that outline new models of global governance. It offered $5 Million in prizes with the best entry receiving at least $1 million. The foundation would then back efforts to bring the winning ideas towards implementation.[15] [16] [17] The award ceremony took place at the end of May 2018 in Stockholm.[18]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Artificial intelligence and nanotechnology 'threaten civilisation' . . Stuart Dredge . 18 February 2015 . 1 January 2018.
  2. Web site: Global Challenges Foundation - About the Global Challenges Foundation. globalchallenges.org. 2017-07-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20190430095836/https://globalchallenges.org/en/about/about-us. 2019-04-30. dead.
  3. Web site: A Swedish Billionaire Invites Ideas for a New UN . IDN-InDepthNews . J. Nastranis . 6 February 2017 . 1 January 2018 . 7 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171107011038/https://www.indepthnews.net/index.php/global-governance/un-insider/949-a-swedish-billionaire-invites-ideas-for-a-new-un . dead .
  4. News: Han skänker halv miljard. Andreas Cervenka. Svenska Dagbladet. Swedish. 23 March 2013. 1 January 2018. 2 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180102074918/https://www.svd.se/han-skanker-halv-miljard. live.
  5. Web site: Global Challenges Foundation - The Board . 2023-09-13 . globalchallenges.org.
  6. Web site: 8 in 10 people now see climate change as a 'catastrophic risk': survey . . Laurie Goering . 23 May 2017 . 1 January 2018 . 3 February 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180203021441/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-climatechange-risk-survey/8-in-10-people-now-see-climate-change-as-a-catastrophic-risk-survey-idUSKBN18J36O . live .
  7. Web site: Global Challenges Foundation - Earthstatement. www.globalchallenges.org. 2017-07-02. 2019-04-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20190430095837/https://www.globalchallenges.org/our-work/earth-statement-2015. dead.
  8. Web site: Global Challenges for the makers of the future . . 1 January 2018 . 2 January 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180102073113/https://www.hhs.se/en/outreach/sse-initiatives/global-challenges/ . live .
  9. Web site: Global Challenges Foundation - Surveys on Global Catastrophic Risks. globalchallenges.org. 2017-07-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20190430095831/https://globalchallenges.org/en/our-work/risk-survey. 2019-04-30. dead.
  10. Web site: Global Challenges Foundation - Annual Reports on Global Risk. globalchallenges.org. 2017-07-02. 2019-04-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20190430095949/https://globalchallenges.org/en/our-work/annual-report. dead.
  11. Web site: Global Challenges Foundation - Quarterly Reports. globalchallenges.org. 2017-07-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20190430095834/https://globalchallenges.org/en/our-work/quarterly-reports. 2019-04-30. dead.
  12. Web site: Human Extinction Isn't That Unlikely . . Robinson Meyer . April 29, 2016 . April 30, 2016 . May 1, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160501051000/http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/04/a-human-extinction-isnt-that-unlikely/480444/ . live .
  13. Web site: Global Challenges Foundation website . globalchallenges.org . April 30, 2016 . June 11, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130611223007/http://globalchallenges.org/ . live .
  14. Web site: Seven in 10 Brits support 'world government' to protect humanity from global catastrophes. Ian Johnston. The Independent. 23 May 2017. 1 January 2018. 3 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190903121401/https://www.independent.co.uk/News/uk/home-news/climate-change-global-warming-nuclear-war-asteroid-pandemic-volcano-global-catastrophe-a7752171.html. live.
  15. Web site: Laurie Goering. Want to solve global crises? $5 million prize seeks fresh ideas. 24 November 2016. Reuters. 31 December 2017. 24 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171024100219/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-crisis-prize/want-to-solve-global-crises-5-million-prize-seeks-fresh-ideas-idUSKBN13J035. live.
  16. Web site: Angus Chen. 18 March 2017. Win $1 Million For Your Bright Idea To Fix The World. NPR. 11 September 2017. en. 12 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170912012922/http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/03/18/520544587/win-1-million-for-your-bright-idea-to-fix-the-world. live.
  17. Web site: Beating the norm. 6 June 2017. Zhao Siyuan. China Daily. 11 September 2017. 20 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170620121715/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2017-06/06/content_29633843.htm. live.
  18. Web site: Mark Leon Goldberg. How Can the International Community Do Hurricane Response Better?. UN Dispatch. 11 September 2017. 8 September 2017. 1 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180101140915/https://www.undispatch.com/can-international-community-hurricane-response-better/. live.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Global Challenges Foundation".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.