The Inquiry - Will humans become extinct by the end of the century?
Download Will humans become extinct by the end of the century?
What is the chance of the human race surviving the 21st century? There are many dangers – climate change for example, or nuclear war, or a pandemic, or planet Earth being hit by a giant asteroid.
Around the world a number of research centres have sprung up to investigate and mitigate what’s called existential risk. How precarious is our civilisation and what can be done to stop a global catastrophe? David Edmonds talks to four expert witnesses to try and find the answer.
(Apocalyptic landscape. Credit: Santoelia/ Getty images)
Published on Thursday, 2nd January 2020.
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