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Global catastrophic risk news summary

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October 12, 2015
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Here are the July and August global catastrophic risk news summaries, written by Robert de Neufville of the Global Catastrophic Risk Institute. The July summary covers the Iran deal, Russia’s new missile early warning system, dangers of AI, new Ebola cases, and more. The August summary covers the latest confrontation between North and South Korea, the world’s first low-enriched uranium storage bank, the “Islamic Declaration on Global Climate Change”, global food system vulnerabilities, and more.

This content was first published at futureoflife.org on October 12, 2015.

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