The Cross Current series explores the dynamics, disruptions, and discoveries shaping our world. Experts from diverse disciplines engage in cross-sector conversations to deepen understanding of the interconnected risks driving today’s polycrisis.

In this essay, Nicole Negowetti reflects on what becomes possible when collapse is understood not only as crisis but as a collective passage. She contrasts dominant responses, rooted in worldviews that frame life as competitive ...

The Global Environment Outlook presents a scientific assessment of the state of the global environment. It finds that climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation, desertification, and pollution and waste are exacting a heavy toll on ...

In this symposium, experts explore the Anthropocene as a scientific, cultural, political, and economic paradigm shift, examining the trajectories of the Great Acceleration and the current state of the biosphere, and critically reflecting on key ...

This episode features Christophe Yvetot, representative to the EU of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), who explores how innovation, clean tech, and global partnerships can turn today’s polycrisis into a springboard for sustainable ...

This report examines how Anthropocene conditions shape the brain and mind, while human cognition and social processes, in turn, drive and sustain global change.

The Planetary Health Check report provides an assessment of the state of our planet. The report is based on the Planetary Boundaries -the nine processes that are known to regulate the stability, resilience and life-support ...

This OECD Environmental Outlook examines the interlocking trends and drivers of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution, projects how they will evolve through mid-century, and analyzes policy synergies and trade-offs. It also provides a roadmap ...

Robert B. Tucker reflects on the unprecedented uncertainty shaping humanity’s future in the era of polycrisis. From the war in Ukraine and the accelerating impacts of climate change to job displacement driven by AI and ...