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Nu­clear Threat Initiative

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The Nuclear Threat Initiative is a nonprofit organization that works to prevent global catastrophic risks from nuclear, radiological, chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction.

Evaluation

As of July 2022, NTI’s biosecurity program has received over $20.4 million in grants from Open Philanthropy.[1] NTI is one of the four organizations recommended by Founders Pledge in their cause report on safeguarding the long-term future.[2]

Further reading

Rohlfing, Joan (2021) Beyond the precipice: a new nuclear paradigm for surviving the Anthropocene, Effective Altruism Global, October 30.

Wiblin, Robert & Keiran Harris (2022) Joan Rohlfing on how to avoid catastrophic nuclear blunders, 80,000 Hours, March 29.

External links

Nuclear Threat Initiative. Official website.

Apply for a job.

Donate to NTI.

Related entries

biosecurity | global catastrophic biological risk | global catastrophic risk | Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security | nuclear warfare | weapons of mass destruction

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    Open Philanthropy (2021) Grants database: Nuclear Threat Initiative, Open Philanthropy.

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    Halstead, John (2019) Safeguarding the future cause area report, Founders Pledge, January (updated December 2020).

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