Polycrisis Resource Library

The Polycrisis Resource Library is a growing collection of media that help to understand polycrisis, develop strategies to address polycrisis, and build a field of polycrisis analysis.

Critical Approaches to Polycrisis: Discourses of Conflict, Migration, Risk, and Climate

Tamsin Parnell, Tom Van Hout and Dario Del Fante (eds.)

This book examines how polycrisis is framed and interpreted in contemporary European discourse, bringing together researchers in discourse studies to explore interconnected challenges such as climate change, conflict, democracy, Brexit,…

Human Behavioural Traits and the Polycrisis: A Systematic Review

Nick King and Aled Jones

The authors examine polycrisis as a defining challenge of the Anthropocene, identifying human behavioral traits—particularly maladaptations—as fundamental drivers. Through a systematic literature review, they highlight warfare, resource overexploitation, and cognitive…

Interconnected crises: climate change, biodiversity loss, poverty

John Kogada and Phillip Kuvawoga

The authors explore the intertwined crises of climate change, biodiversity loss, and poverty, emphasizing how these issues amplify one another and create a vicious cycle that threatens ecosystems, livelihoods, and…

Multipolarization – Munich Security Report 2025

Tobias Bunde, Sophie Eisentraut and Leonard Schütte (eds.)

This report presents the findings of the Munich Security Index 2025—an index of global risk perceptions in the G7 and “BICS” countries. It examines the implications of multipolarization in the…

The interconnected nature of multiple threats is impacting freshwater biodiversity

Aelis Spiller, Lise Comte, Jonas Geldmann and Lars Iversen

The article explores the co-occurrence of threats to freshwater species globally and the interconnectedness of threat networks. Using probabilistic network analysis and data from the International Union for the Conservation…

Polycrisis 2025

Kate Mackenzie, Tim Sahay and Lara Merling

The author explores the ongoing instability in the United States and its global repercussions, framing 2025 as a year of escalating crises. From geopolitical tensions to tech transfers, mineral extraction,…

The Chaos Vortex: We’re Going In

John Fullerton

John Fullerton examines how Trump’s rise reflects deeper systemic failures, driven by ultra-elites in finance and tech who rely on a flawed, mechanistic worldview. He argues that systemic transformation is…

Introduction to Change Oracle’s Polycrisis Project

Richard Matthews

In this special edition podcast, Richard Matthews from Change Oracle and Tom Schuneman, owner of the Planet Watch Group and Editor of Global Warming Is Real, explore how systemic flaws,…

Are we at a turning point in world history?

David Motadel

David Motadel explores the concept of historical inflection points, where major events irreversibly reshape societies. He argues that such turning points are often symptoms of deeper structural transformations and that…

Navigating International Crises: The Evolving Challenges for Humanitarian Organizations

Nate Hagens

In this episode, Nate Hagens talks with Birgitte Bischoff, the European Regional Director for The Red Cross, about her vision for the future of humanitarian work and the challenges and…

About the Resource Library

The Polycrisis Resource Library includes resources that:

  • Comment on the polycrisis as a concept and as a present global reality
  • Undertake similar analysis using different—but related—concepts
  • Analyze crisis interactions among multiple global systems

Though not exhaustive, the Library strives to present a diverse representation of views on different aspects of the polycrisis discussion, and will be updated as that discussion evolves. Search for resources with the keyword search bar, or by using the drop-down menus to filter for type of resource, global systems addressed, and key themes.

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