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Our new peer-reviewed paper on need for further study of risks of nuclear war for trade and supply chain, especially food trade. Relevant for the recently established UN Scientific Panel on Effects of Nuclear War: eqc.govt.nz/assets/Publica… @UN_Disarmament #gcr
New study underscores need for NZ to proactively plan to safeguard food and fuel supply against global catastrophes. Wheat and biofuel production part of the solution: adaptresearchwriting.com/2024/04/07/new… #Resilience #Biofuel @memialabs @HaydnBelfield @rumtin @laramani14 @MPI_NZ @MBIEgovtnz
Kōrero on Catastrophe: NZCat webinar/panel discussion on resilience to nuclear war and other global risks: adaptresearchwriting.com/2023/10/29/kor… #GCR #nuclearwar #resilience @HaydnBelfield @rumtin @ben_r @ReubenSteff
AI risk, biothreats, great power war... Wide ranging discussion with Peter Griffin on his Business of Tech podcast, about global catastrophe and resilience of Aotearoa NZ (paywalled but free trial): businessdesk.co.nz/article/podcas… #GCR #xrisk #resilience @ben_r @HaydnBelfield @rumtin
Our new preprint on the vulnerability of NZ agriculture to global catastrophe and trade disruption (no diesel!). Biofuels are one possible solution to explore. We calculate minimum land use requirements: researchsquare.com/article/rs-327… @HaydnBelfield @rumtin @laramani14 @MikeVolc #GCR
Great post explaining the all hazards approach to Global Catastrophic Risk that I 100% agree with, need a think tank in every country to propose ground up, evidence-based coordinated solutions across borders: globalshield.substack.com/p/taking-an-al… @rumtin @ArielConn #GCR #risk #policy
Where do NZ Political Parties stand on long-term risk, global catastrophe and resilience? Survey answer: nowhere phcc.org.nz/briefing/where…
🚨 Join the NZ conversation on risk and resilience! Check out our submission on the NZ government's efforts to strengthen critical infrastructure. Your voice matters in building a secure future. adaptresearchwriting.com/2023/07/31/sec… #ResilientNZ #CriticalInfrastructure @memialabs
Excellent to see the US introduce two new pieces of biosecurity legislation, including the 1) 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘎𝘦𝘯𝘦 𝘚𝘺𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴 𝘈𝘤𝘵 which requires customer screening and due diligence checks. 🧵
It turns out that global pandemic preparedness metrics DO predict Covid-19 outcomes. Investment in health security matters: adaptresearchwriting.com/2023/07/19/rea… #COVID19 #GHSI #pandemic @cassidyknelson @JenniferNuzzo @HaydnBelfield @rumtin
Have you heard that the best prepared countries suffered the worst during the pandemic? Well, it’s not really true. This 🧵will explain why and discuss data from our new study that shows prepared countries did better. gh.bmj.com/content/8/7/e0… 1/
Are we ready for a global catastrophe and should we strengthen our resilience? Click to read high-level results from a ‘NZ Surviving Nuclear Winter’ survey, focusing on energy, transport, ICT/digital + more. 🌏☠️ tinyurl.com/4as64pad @rumtin @HaydnBelfield @ben_r #nuclearwar
Why didn't it just read: "Mitigating the risk of extinction f̶r̶o̶m̶ ̶A̶I̶ should be a global priority a̶l̶o̶n̶g̶s̶i̶d̶e̶ ̶o̶t̶h̶e̶r̶ ̶s̶o̶c̶i̶e̶t̶a̶l̶-̶s̶c̶a̶l̶e̶ ̶r̶i̶s̶k̶s̶ ̶s̶u̶c̶h̶ ̶a̶s̶ ̶p̶a̶n̶d̶e̶m̶i̶c̶s̶ ̶a̶n̶d̶ ̶n̶u̶c̶l̶e̶a̶r̶ ̶w̶a̶r̶.̶"? @HaydnBelfield @rumtin @ben_r
Nuclear War – help NZ insure against global catastrophe: Complete the NZCat Survey adaptresearchwriting.com/2023/05/15/nuc…
LLMs running offline could substitute (with caveats) for archiving world knowledge to mitigate impact of global catastrophe, disabled internet, EMP of satellites, etc. An ultimate version of Lewis Dartnell's 'The Knowledge'. Governments should ensure available minimal hardware

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