The Covid-19 pandemic was, and remains, a global disaster - claiming countless lives and wreaking economic havoc that still reverberates today. But it could have been worse. Much worse. Author Stephen Davies contends the planet 'dodged a bullet' this time around. But he warns this was no black swan event: The conflicts in the Ukraine and the Middle East already threaten global stability. And the next existential threat to mankind could happen much sooner than we think - with the chances of it happening increasing exponentially. Here he analyses the potential catastrophes - from nuclear war and climate change to further pandemics, the misuse of Artificial Intelligence and more - that could jeopardise our planet and its people. In this fascinating and at times frightening work, he examines how we assess these risks - and what we can do about them. But Davies is no Jeremiah. He firmly believes the ingenuity, imagination and innovation of millions of people around the world will ultimately secure mankind's continued existence.

Apocalypse Next: The Economics of Global Catastrophic Risks

Business & Money

Davies author of The Wealth Explosion: The Nature and Origins of Modernity, Stephen

Economics

International Atomic Energy Agency

The Experience of Free Banking (Iea Foundations, 2)

Dowd Durham University, Kevin

An Introduction to Taxation

Butler, Eamonn

International

Proceedings of a symposium jointly organized with ANS, ENS and OECD/NEA, Vienna, 3-7 June 1991. During recent years the development of PSA has been directed towards its use as a practical tool for the enhancement of operational safety. Only plant specific analysis can provide a basis for meaningful risk management. The importance of human interventions in the recovery from degraded states of operation, the importance of inclusion of external events in PSA, the determination of potentials for common cause failures and the importance of treating and communicating the uncertainties have already been well established within the PSA community. Also, risks during low power level and shutdown states have become more recognized.

Use of probabilistic safety assessment for operational safety, PSA '91: Proceedings of an International Symposium on the Use of Probabilistic Safety ... for Operational Safety (Proceedings series)

Unknown, Author

Induced mutations against plant diseases: Proceedings of a symposium (Proceedings series - International Atomic Energy Agency)

and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. International Atomic Energy Agency

Biological implications of radionuclides released from nuclear industries: Proceedings of an International Symposium on Biological Implications of ... - International Atomic Energy Agency) (v. 2)

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Impacts of Nuclear Releases into the Aquatic Environment

OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Nuclear fuel quality assurance: Proceedings of a seminar on nuclear fuel quality assurance (Proceedings series - International Atomic Energy Agency)

This publication provides guidance on the planning and organization of nuclear security systems and measures for the detection of criminal or intentional unauthorized acts involving nuclear and other radioactive material out of regulatory control (the detection architecture, as described in IAEA Nuclear Security Series No. 21) and for the response to potential nuclear security events (the response framework). The guidance includes processes for reviewing the adequacy of existing nuclear security systems and measures, identifying gaps in capabilities and resources, and designing new systems and measures to address identified gaps.

Planning and Organizing Nuclear Security Systems and Measures for Nuclear and Other Radioactive Material out of Regulatory Control

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Measurement assurance in dosimetry: Proceedings of an International Symposium on Measurement Assurance in Dosimetry (Proceedings series)

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