ACT NOW FOR THE FUTURE
No-Extinction is an international, independent project for understanding the great global problems, their connections and possible solutions, and the cooperation needed to address them.
UNDERSTAND. DECIDE. ACT.
The image shows aninterconnected Earth:communications cross borders,and so do global problems.
A challenge that concerns everyone
The great challenges of our time cross borders and generations
Climate, resources, inequality, technology, health, stability: none of these issues stops at a border, and none will run its course within a single term of office.
They may look like separate problems, entrusted to different disciplines and institutions. In reality they belong to the same system: they influence and amplify each other, and cannot be solved one at a time.
Everything is connected
A simple example
Climate
Temperatures and rainfall patterns change.
Drought
Available water decreases.
Hunger
Harvests fall, prices rise.
Migration
Those who can no longer stay are forced to move.
Instability
Social tensions increase.
Conflict
Cooperation becomes harder.
This is not an inevitable chain: it is an example of how problems can connect and amplify one another. Recognizing these relationships is the first step toward acting where it matters.
Possible relationships, not certain outcomes.
The path
Understand → Decide → ActUnderstandDecideAct
Understand
Understand the great global problems and their connections.
Decide
Evaluate possible solutions, their benefits, costs and consequences.
Act
Turn knowledge and decisions into cooperation and action.
LAST CHANCE
Now try to decide
In LAST CHANCE, you decide how to address major global risks. Every decision has consequences for the future.
The starting point is understanding
The journey begins with the problems: what we know, how they connect, and why they concern everyone.
10 points for building a shared future
The principles that guide No-Extinction, in ten essential points.