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Facebook Twitter Youtube Instagram Linkedin Icon-bluesky-white Existential Threats and Risks to All Photo: ShoreZone DIRECTORY OF REPORTS OverviewsPlanetPeopleSecuritySustainable ProsperityEditor’s Remarks 20 Notable ReportsArchived Reports RISK ORGANIZATIONS APPENDIX Table of Contents AlixPartners (1981; New York)A global consulting firm specializing in disruption, restructuring, and performance improvement for organizations navigating complex crises. AlixPartners publishes annual disruption indices …
Facebook Twitter Youtube Instagram Linkedin Icon-bluesky-white Existential Threats and Risks to All The Risk Landscape Chart Readers of the EXTRA newsletter will be aware that several major reports and some recent books seek to cover a spectrum of existential threats and risks, rather than specialising in monitoring a single risk. For better or worse, the …
A Manifesto for the Planetary Arts Movement: X-Art Advanced by the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS) “Our turbulent times call us to question the very nature of what it is to be alive as Humans, with the threat of potentially no longer existing triggering inspired perspectives on the purpose of our life and …
X-Art, a new program of the World Academy of Art and Science will launch in London on 10 April 2026 in collaboration with War on Climate and Artistic-PNK. Artistic has grown into a thriving platform that supports all artists no matter what their challenges are. It curates’ exhibitions and drives innovation in the art community. …
Online / 28 January, 2026. This new global arts movement builds upon the original vision of eminent artists who were Fellows of the World Academy of Art and Science. The aim is to engage all art forms to confront the threats to humanity’s survival and to catalyze creative solutions that foster a peaceful, just, and flourishing world for all.
Baku / 15 March, 2026. The World Academy of Art and Science will host a side event at GBF2026 that will focus on the development of solutions under three interdependent themes: Peace, Prosperity and Freedom & Human Security. The event is a continuation of the 2025 Baku side event that explored the sources of global turbulence. We will seek to develop solutions to the issues identified last year.
On 11 December 2025, the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), in partnership with SCRAP Weapons, convened the webinar Parliaments and the Next Generation: A Shared Agenda for Disarmament. The event brought together parliamentarians, young leaders, academics and civil-society experts to examine how evolving security risks, from nuclear weapons to emerging technologies, can be addressed through more people-centered and forward-looking …
Continuing to work on the shoulders of giants of science and humanism, let us remember our humanity and personal contribution to peace. On 5 December 5 2025, at the premises of the Independent Union of Science and Higher Education in Zagreb, Croatia, a conference was held titled ‘The Role of Science in War and Peace: Dialogue, …
On December 5th, 2025, a conference took place titled “The Global Peace Offensive – The Challenges to Peace in the Black Sea and the Role of the Tatars for a Future Based on Security, Trust & Cooperation.” The event was organized by the Black Sea University Network (BSUN) in partnership with the World Academy of …
The Parliamentary Mediation workshop held on 22nd of October 2025 brought together MPs and experts to reflect on the unique contribution parliamentarians can make to conflict resolution and human-centred peacebuilding. Building on the engagement of WAAS and other partners in an earlier IPU workshop in April, this session deepened the conversation on how mediation principles …
WAAS Newsletter NEWSLETTER DECEMBER 2025 Dear Colleagues, At a moment when global challenges are converging with unprecedented speed, the World Academy of Art and Science continues to champion the vital role of human-centered leadership, ethical innovation, and international cooperation. Our work this year reflects a growing recognition across sectors and institutions that securing a shared …
Las Vegas / 6-9 January, 2026. CES, the world’s largest tech event, will once again partner with the World Academy of Art and Science (WAAS) and the United Nations Trust Fund For Human Security (UNTFHS) to highlight how tech can play a critical role in solving pressing social and environmental issues.
WAAS Newsletter NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2025 Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd (1934–2016), “Non-Violence,” United Nations Headquarters Dear Fellows, The World Academy was founded in 1960 as a transnational organization. Its objectives are global in scope and encompass the full gamut of political, economic, scientific, technological, social, cultural, psychological and environmental issues. Its transdisciplinary perspective focuses on the inter-relationships …
In 1960, as the world still reeled from the atomic age’s promise and peril, a group of scientists and thinkers gathered to form the World Academy of Art and Science. Born from conversations between luminaries like Albert Einstein, Robert Oppenheimer, and Joseph Rotblat, the Academy emerged with a singular purpose: to ensure that humanity’s expanding …
Zagreb / 5 December, 2025. Marking several anniversaries: The 70th anniversary of the Russell-Einstein Manifesto, the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the 30th anniversary of the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Sir Joseph Rotblat and the Pugwash Conference on Science and World Affairs.
In recent months, as the Planetary Arts Movement (X-Art), a project of the World Academy of Art and Science, has taken shape around us, I’ve found myself returning to a simple question: How can we give form to a vision that is as vast as the planet itself? In full alignment with this emerging movement—and …
Hybrid / 5 December, 2025. “The Challenges to Peace in the Black Sea and the Role of the Tatars for a Future based on Security, Trust & Cooperation”
A Planetary Arts Movement: X-Art Contact Jo Nurse, Chair, Planetary Arts Committee: arts@worldacademy.org Through the universal language of creativity, X-ART envisions a world where all forms of the arts and creatives join forces to forge a culture of peace and secure the well-being of future generations. Our mission is to harness the transformative power of …
An interview with Mario Petrucci at the World Conference on Science and Art for Sustainability, September 2025, Belgrade, by Vesna de Vinca, TV author, journalist and producer. The Unholy Trinity and Sustainability Challenges Vesna de Vinca: In your work, you identify three core systemic causes of the global inadequacy in responding to the ecological crisis, which you …
Facebook Twitter Youtube Instagram Linkedin Icon-bluesky-white Existential Threats and Risks to All ARCHIVED REPORTS Overview Planet People Security Sustainability20 Notable ReportsDirectory of ReportsEditor’s Remarks SPECIAL COLLECTIONS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Recent Reports and Articles on the AI Race, Impacts, and Needed Guardrails EXTRA Director of Research, Michael Marienmdmarien@outlook.com For better and worse, Artificial Intelligence or …