Abstract

The development of this report was led by the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) at the University of Cambridge as part of a global, multi-organisation work programme to provide thinking on science and policy issues. Specifically, we have focused on the complex challenge of the multi-region and trans-cultural governance of Global Catastrophic Risks (GCRs) and Existential Risks (X-risks). It summarises the collective work of colleagues from more than 30 organisations from different continents (Asia, America, Africa and Europe) from 2021 to 2023. This work started with a scoping exercise (February 2021), followed by establishing the GCR-SPI expert group (July 2021). We then hosted an online workshop (October 2021), monthly meetings (January to May 2022) and an in-person workshop (October 2022) at The University of Cambridge.