Should EA fund Earth systems stabilization? New RP report + request for critique

Published on October 22, 2026 1:44 PM GMTTL;DR: EA has traditionally deprioritized climate change as a cause area. But a new report from Rethink Priorities, an EA research institute, suggests that specific Earth systems risks driven by climate change could have mortality impacts comparable to major global health burdens, on top of the known damages of climate change. The report finds that research and governance work on ‘Earth Systems Stabilization’ to establish whether safe options to address t...