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The Busy World That Cannot Act: Why Knowing About Catastrophe Is Not the Same as Preventing It

The essay appeared during the high-level week of the 81st UN General Assembly, soon after the BRICS summit in Delhi, the SCO meeting at Bishkek and the launch of the P4M forum and ahead of a Xi-Trump meeting. It questions whether this activity matches the scale of risks from ongoing wars, climate change and AI.