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0861 |aPH4-197/2023E-PDF
24500|aGlobal existential risks.
24600|iAt head of title: |aArticle.
264 1|a[Ottawa] : |bPolicy Horizons Canada = Horizons de politiques Canada, |cMay 2023.
264 4|c©2023
300 |a1 online resource (6 pages)
336 |atext|btxt|2rdacontent
337 |acomputer|bc|2rdamedia
338 |aonline resource|bcr|2rdacarrier
500 |aCaption title.
500 |aIssued also in French under title: Risques existentiels mondiaux.
504 |aIncludes bibliographical references (page 6).
520 |a"Global existential risks are a class of human-made and natural phenomena that could destroy all human life or permanently limit humanity’s development. Those who worry about them have generated a lot of media attention with calls for research and immediate action. Others consider such risks too distant or improbable to deserve much attention. Certain existential risks, such as climate change and nuclear war, seem to be intensifying or becoming more probable, while others seem as remote as ever. There is also growing skepticism about the existential risks discourse. Recent controversies surrounding some of the field’s major figures and donors may reduce its influence, but it will likely remain key to the debate about risk discourse. Ultimately, this debate reduces to a single question for policy makers. How should governments use their limited attention and money when faced by a range of threats with different likelihoods and on timelines varying from right now to the distant future?"--Page [1].
650 0|aGlobal environmental change.
650 0|aHazard mitigation|xSocial aspects|zCanada.
7102 |aPolicy Horizons Canada, |eissuing body.
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85640|qPDF|s183 KB|uhttps://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2023/hpc-phc/PH4-197-2023-eng.pdf
8564 |qHTML|sN/A|uhttps://horizons.gc.ca/en/2023/05/16/global-existential-risks/