Global Risk Policy Group Pty Ltd

Global Risk Policy Group Pty Ltd is an Australian company that investigates, analyses and provides assessments on global catastrophic risks, the actions of governments and other entities to build mitigation capacity, and the implementation of such actions. Its public-facing publication, Global Risk Progress, serves as a repository for its documented work, including peer-reviewed papers and progress reports. The group was founded by Mark Leggett, a former Director (Strategy) at Queensland Transport and adjunct professor at Griffith University, whose 2006 paper in Futures laid out the rationale for the initiative. The organisation operates from Brisbane, Australia, and focuses on evidence-based strategic planning to prevent or mitigate risks that could destroy civilisation or life on Earth.

Global Risk Policy Group Pty Ltd was established as an Australian company focused on the assessment and prevention of global catastrophic risks. Its founder, Mark Leggett, brought a background in pure science (vision research) and applied science (transport safety risk analysis and safety intervention selection and implementation). His paper on global catastrophic risk assessment and prevention, published in Futures in 2006, first laid out the rationale for what would become Global Risk Progress. The group's work has been recognised by the World Health Organisation and the European Commission, covered by The Economist, and received Australian national- and state-level awards for public service excellence. The organisation operates from Brisbane, Australia, and maintains a public repository of its documented work at globalriskprogress.com. The group's analytical approach follows standard evidence-based strategic planning: seeking a full list of risks, quantifying them by impact scale and expected timing, ranking them, and identifying potentially suitable actions to prevent the largest risks. Its assessments are generally sought to be published in the peer-reviewed literature.

• 2006

  Mark Leggett publishes paper on global catastrophic risk assessment and prevention in Futures, laying the rationale for Global Risk Progress.

• 2006

  The paper is reviewed favorably in the New Statesman.

Evidence-based, non-partisan analysis of global catastrophic and existential risks, aimed at informing policy and implementation pathways.

• Global Risk Progress

  A publication and repository for the documented work of the Global Risk Policy Group, including peer-reviewed papers and progress reports.

1. 1Global Risk Progress – Dealing with the highest stakes of allglobalriskprogress.com
2. 2About us – Global Risk Progressglobalriskprogress.com
3. 3Wikidata: Global Risk Policy Group Pty Ltdwikidata.org