About the Council
The Council for the Human Future (CHF) was set up to raise global awareness of the growing existential emergency, comprising ten catastrophic risks, which now face humanity. We are a not-for-profit international body established by concerned scientists and citizens to widen awareness and help devise solutions.
Our Mission
1. Inform, educate, advise
Alert global society to the catastrophic threats that together comprise an existential emergency facing all humanity
2. Solve risks
Help to identify and develop cross-cutting solutions to catastrophic risks that make none of them worse.
3. Create Opportunities
Identify opportunities for sustainable economic and social progress and human equity arising from the solutions.
4. Focus policy
Focus the minds of policymakers on the urgency of agreeing on a universal plan for humanity to survive and thrive into the future.
5. Share knowledge
Share trusted knowledge on the benefits of solving the human existential emergency.
Who We Are
Prof. John Hewson, Chair
Prof. John Hewson, Chair
Prof. John Hewson, Chair
Professor John Hewson AM is a former Australian politician, who has had careers in academia, bureaucracy, business, politics, and the media
Prof. Bob Douglas
Prof. John Hewson, Chair
Prof. John Hewson, Chair
Emeritus Professor Bob Douglas AO was Foundation Director of the Australian National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health and founder of Australia 21.
Prof. Robyn Alders
Prof. Robyn Alders
Prof. Robyn Alders
Prof Robyn Alders AO is a veterinarian and authority on global food security and development issues.
Julian Cribb
Prof. Robyn Alders
Prof. Robyn Alders
Julian Cribb AM is an Australian science writer and author of 'Surviving the 21st century'.