There is a rapidly developing literature on risks that threaten the whole of humanity, or a large part of it. Discussion is increasingly turning to how such risks can be governed. This paper arises from a study of those involved the governance of risks from emerging technologies, examining the perceptions of global catastrophic risk within the relevant global policymaking community. Those who took part were either civil servants working for the UK government, U.S. Congress, the United Nations, and the European Commission, or cognate members of civil society groups and the private sector. Analysis of interviews identified four major themes: Scepticism; Realism; Influence; and Governance outside of Government. These themes provide evidence for the value of conceptualising the governance of global catastrophic risk as a unified challenge. Furthermore, they highlight the range of agents involved in governance of emerging technology and give reason to value reforms carried out sub-nationally.

关于威胁全人类或大部分人类的风险的文献正在迅速发展。讨论越来越多地转向如何管理这些风险。本文源于对新兴技术风险治理相关人员的研究，考察了相关全球决策界对全球灾难性风险的看法。参与者要么是为英国政府、美国国会、联合国和欧盟委员会工作的公务员，要么是民间社会团体和私营部门的同源成员。访谈分析确定了四大主题： 怀疑主义；现实主义；影响; 政府之外的治理。这些主题为将全球灾难性风险治理概念化为统一挑战的价值提供了证据。此外，