It's crucial to several existential risks.
Berkman 18 – Research Professor at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Head of the Arctic Ocean Geopolitics Programme at the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge, PhD and M.S. from the University of Rhode Island.
Paul Berkman, “Could Science Diplomacy Be the Key to Stabilizing International Relations?,” Scientific American, 06-12-2018, https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/could-science-diplomacy-be-the-key-to-stabilizing-international-relations/
One key avenue is science. As a common and apolitical language, science brings allies and adversaries together with technology and innovation to address cross-border challenges that exist across the Earth—think climate, disease pandemics and international trade—which are out of reach for a single nation to address alone.