Observatorio de Riesgos Catastróficos Globales
The Observatorio de Riesgos Catastróficos Globales (ORCG) is a Madrid-based scientific diplomacy nonprofit that connects decision-makers with experts and produces evidence-based publications to improve governance of catastrophic global risks across Latin America and Spain. Founded in February 2023, ORCG works on four main pillars: artificial intelligence regulation, pandemic biosecurity in Latin America, food security against abrupt sunlight reduction scenarios, and systemic risk management improvement. The organization is also the parent of the AI Risk Explorer (AIRE), a curated information resource on AI risk scenarios funded by Open Philanthropy.
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- Funding Raised to Date
- $322,510
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- Players Philanthropy Fund, Inc.
Theory of Change
ORCG believes that Spanish-speaking countries are underserved by global catastrophic risk research and governance infrastructure, creating a gap between technical knowledge developed in English-speaking contexts and the policymakers and institutions that need to act on it. By producing high-quality, Spanish-language evidence-based research and deploying science diplomacy to engage government officials, international institutions, and regional networks directly, ORCG aims to build policy capacity and integrate catastrophic risk considerations into national and regional governance frameworks. Embedding risk management provisions into national plans (as with Argentina's disaster risk reduction plan), influencing international processes (such as the GPAI Code of Practice and OECD risk handbooks), and creating accessible information tools (such as AIRE) are the primary pathways by which the organization expects its work to reduce the probability and severity of global catastrophic risks.
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- Last Updated
- Apr 2, 2026, 10:00 PM UTC
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- Mar 20, 2026, 2:34 AM UTC