If you're browsing the web for information on climate, you might stumble across something called the Global Risk and Opportunity Indicator, which allows you to calculate certain risks connected with climate change. It looks like this:
I can't vouch for any of the information here; it might be fine, or it might be questionable. What made me nervous about the site was that, at first, I couldn't determine who put it up. Why would somebody put up a site such as this anonymously?
It turns out not to be anonymous; just a bit difficult to track. If you click on the tiny globe at the bottom of the webpage (not visible in this screen shot), you will be taken to the website of The Global Challenges Foundation, which says, in part:
The Global Challenges Foundation’s goal is to reduce the risks of extremely large catastrophes that threaten mankind.
The Foundation wants to facilitate decisions for efficient actions against the greatest global risks facing humanity, that we are unable to manage in the current political system….
The Global Challenges Foundation was established in late 2011 by the financial analyst László Szombatfalvy, and fully operational about a year later. The foundation is funded entirely by a private donation from the founder and does not receive any form of public grants.
Wikipedia identifies Szombatfalvy as a businessman and author who "developed a method of risk calculation for investments for which he became well known on the Swedish stock market."
I'd like to crowd source this one: Can we trust this thing? Does anyone know more about it? If so, please let us know.
-Paul Raeburn
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