This session from the 56th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum explores how to achieve prosperity within planetary boundaries amid accelerating climate and ecological crises. With a keynote by Johan Rockström and contributions from ...

This article presents Fair Observers's 2026 geopolitical outlook using a Social, Political, Economic, Religious, and Military framework. The authors argue that overlapping global stresses, immigration pressures, democratic dysfunction, economic fragility, and strategic rivalry, are accelerating ...

The author explores the psychological toll of living through a polycrisis, characterised by the convergence of multiple, compounding global threats. Drawing on insights from psychologists and anthropologists, the article examines how radical uncertainty erodes individuals’ ...

The author explores how authoritarianism, imperialism, and global capitalism converge to deepen the planetary polycrisis, accelerating ecological breakdown and democratic erosion. Arguing that prevailing economic incentives favour perpetual war and environmental destruction, Fernandes asserts that ...

The Global Risks Report 2026 explores how a new competitive world order is reshaping global risks across domains. Over the next two years, geoeconomic confrontation is identified as the most severe risk, with economic and societal instability ...

This report addresses the escalating risk of “planetary insolvency,” a systemic breakdown driven by accelerating climate change and ecological destabilization. It highlights that global temperatures are rising faster than predicted, partly due to the loss ...

This article examines the systemic risks and escalation dynamics shaping global politics in 2026–2027, highlighting how interconnected crises in Venezuela, the Middle East, Ukraine, and Taiwan are contributing to a globally coupled system prone to ...

The author examines Cuba’s ongoing polycrisis, characterized by the convergence of economic collapse, demographic decline, social fragmentation, and political repression. Mass emigration is accelerating population loss and weakening public institutions, while economic contraction across nearly ...

This report identifies ten critical issues expected to shape the EU’s political agenda and global engagement in 2026. It highlights growing geopolitical tensions, the accelerating impact of artificial intelligence, mounting climate and energy pressures, and ...