Multiple global crises are worsening one another to produce what many policymakers, scholars, and commentators call a “polycrisis.” This website is a hub that helps this emerging community better understand and address the intersecting crises affecting humanity.
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We’re In a New Everything-Is- Connected Epoch. But What to Call It?
In this article, Thomas L. Friedman introduces the concept of the “Polycene”, a new epoch characterized by the convergence of multiple accelerating forces, including artificial intelligence, climate change, geopolitical realignment, and social transformation. Friedman argues ...
Mapping the Hope Attractor: A Conversation with Thomas- Homer Dixon
In this conversation, Thomas Homer-Dixon introduces the Cascade Institute’s Polycrisis Core Model (PCM), a novel framework designed to map and analyse interactions among 11 critical global systems, each with multiple potential future states. The model ...
The Weaponization of Emerging Technologies and Their Impact on Global Risk: A Perspective from the PfPC Emerging Security Challenges Working Group
The authors examine how emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, synthetic biology, quantum computing, and neurotechnology, are reshaping global security risks. The study argues that traditional threat-based security models are inadequate for addressing the complex, ...
The Global Polytunity
In this article, Yuen Yuen Ang introduces the concept of polytunity as a counter-narrative to the prevailing discourse of polycrisis. Rather than viewing overlapping global disruptions as signs of inevitable collapse, Ang argues they present ...
Global Risk Review
The October Global Risk Review Report provides an analysis of emerging geopolitical, economic, and humanitarian risks, emphasizing the interconnected nature of contemporary crises. It examines rising political violence, institutional fragility, and regional tensions, with examples ...
The European Union in the Age of Polycrisis: Italian Public Opinion in Comparative Perspective
The authors explore how public attitudes toward the European Union have evolved in the age of polycrisis. Through a comparative analysis of Italy, France, Germany, Poland, Spain, and Sweden, the study reveals that certain crises ...
Addressing the Globe’s Polycrisis with Lou Leonard, Dean of Clark University’s School of Climate, Environment, and Society
In this episode, Dr. Lou Leonard explores the global polycrisis—a convergence of multiple crisis such as climate change, ecological degradation, and rising inequality. He explains how these overlapping challenges are weakening natural systems and disrupting ...
The Impact of a Polycrisis on Policy and Institutional Change: A Framework for Analysis and Methodology
This article introduces a special issue dedicated to examining the management of the polycrisis and the policy responses of Lithuanian governments and public sector organizations between 2021 and 2025. It outlines the theoretical framework and ...
A global ‘polycrisis’ is looming, sparked by China, Taiwan and AI, say these researchers
This article discusses how the global race for artificial intelligence supremacy could spark a polycrisis by 2027, as geopolitical, technological, and economic tensions converge. It argues that control over Taiwan’s semiconductor industry is a central ...
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The European Union in the Age of Polycrisis: Italian Public Opinion in Comparative Perspective
The authors explore how public attitudes toward the European Union have evolved in the age of polycrisis. Through a comparative analysis of Italy, France, Germany, Poland, Spain, and Sweden, the study reveals that certain crises ...
A global ‘polycrisis’ is looming, sparked by China, Taiwan and AI, say these researchers
This article discusses how the global race for artificial intelligence supremacy could spark a polycrisis by 2027, as geopolitical, technological, and economic tensions converge. It argues that control over Taiwan’s semiconductor industry is a central ...
Decolonising Polycrisis: Southern Perspectives on Interlocking Crises
In this article, the authors reframe the concept of polycrisis through a decolonial lens, emphasizing the need to center global South experiences in understanding interlocking crises. Drawing on examples such as Pakistan’s climate-induced debt spiral ...
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