Leadership in the Polycrisis: How UK Defense Training Can Help Us Navigate a Future of Unprecedented Environmental Disruption

The authors explore how leadership approaches in defense—focused on resilience, situational rehearsal, and initiative—offer insights for civilian leaders facing the polycrisis. Drawing on workshops and interviews with senior United Kingdom defense personnel, the study highlights how these strategies, grounded in team ethos and organizational structure, can help navigate the escalating risks of the climate and ecological crises.