Existential Risk & Global Catastrophic Threat Diplomatic Coalition

Mission & Operational Scope

Safeguarding Civilization Against Low-Probability, High-Consequence Threats

Existential and global catastrophic risks occupy a unique position in international affairs: they are the threats most likely to be systematically underinvested in precisely because their probability in any given year is low, their consequences are difficult to imagine, and the political incentives to address them are weak. Yet the expected harm from a civilization-ending or civilization-crippling event — even at low annual probability — dwarfs virtually every other policy priority when measured across the full scope of human potential.

This coalition develops the international governance frameworks, early warning systems, and coordinated response protocols needed to address existential and global catastrophic risks — building the institutional infrastructure that allows humanity to take these threats seriously before they materialize.

Governing Doctrine

Frameworks & Standards

• Sendai FrameworkUN Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction — international framework for reducing disaster risk applicable to catastrophic and existential threat preparedness
• UNOOSAUN Office for Outer Space Affairs — international coordination body for near-Earth object detection, planetary defense, and asteroid impact response planning
• Biological Weapons ConventionBWC — international treaty prohibiting development and stockpiling of biological weapons, foundational to engineered pandemic risk governance
• IPCC / IPBESIntergovernmental science-policy bodies providing the authoritative risk assessments that underpin existential threat governance frameworks