In their report, scientists noted the growing risks of nuclear war, threats from artificial intelligence, various biological hazards and a prolonged climate crisis.
According to the newsletter's president, Alexandra Bell, catastrophic risks are increasing, cooperation between countries is weakening and time for action is running out.
“Change is possible and necessary, but the global community must demand that leaders move quickly,” Bell said.
Experts warn that many states have become more aggressive and inclined towards nationalistic autocracy, undermining international agreements and threatening global security. So experts urge:
- resume dialogue between the United States and the aggressor country Russia on limiting nuclear arsenals;
- create international rules for the safe use of AI – this, in particular, applies to the USA, Russia and China;
- strengthen cooperation to counter biological threats;
- step up deployment of renewable energy to combat the climate crisis.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Ressa added that the information crisis and manipulation of facts complicate the international cooperation necessary to overcome global risks.
The Doomsday Clock was created in 1947 by the founders of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, including Albert Einstein and Robert Oppenheimer, to symbolize the threat to civilization and remind that there was still time to act.
