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.

Global Resilience Report: Safeguarding the Nutrition of Vulnerable Children, Women, Families and Communities in the Context of Polycrisis

May 10, 2024

Cecilia Fabrizio, Bregje van Asperen, Marti van Liere, Tanuja Rastogi, Saskia Osendarp, Annalies Borrel, Nita Dalmiya, Yoshito Kawakatsu, Chika Hayashi, Victor Aguayo, Jo Jacobsen, Sabrina Kuri, Saskia de Pee and Abigail Perry

This report examines the impact of the polycrisis on food and nutrition insecurity, particularly among vulnerable women and children. It reveals that, despite rising malnutrition, many countries successfully adapted and…

The Polycrisis: Behind The Buzzword

May 7, 2024

Clara Lachman

This article discusses the emergence of the word ‘polycrisis’ in 2023, noting its rise to prominence at the 53rd World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, and seeks to underscore the gravity…

Prospects for the World Economy in the Polycrisis with Martin Wolf

May 7, 2024

C.D. Howe Institute

In this video, Michael Hainsworth, host of the C.D. Howe Institute podcast, interviews Martin Wolf, Chief Economic Commentator at the Financial Times and host of the podcast “Saving Democratic Capitalism”,…

WTW Research Network Risk & Resilience Review: Emerging Risks from Geopolitical Shifts

May 3, 2024

WTW Research Network

This report by the WTW Research Network “introduces research and opinions that provide new perspectives to support risk management and resilience.” In particular, this report focuses on WTW’s work in…

Five New Roles for Think Tanks in the Age of Polycrisis

April 19, 2024

Ivan Filippov

In this article, author Ivan Filippov discusses how think tanks can assist in navigating the polycrisis by outlining 5 potential roles for them to play, elaborating on each role, and…

Young Adults from Disadvantaged Groups Experience More Stress and Deterioration in Mental Health Associated with Polycrisis

April 16, 2024

Weronika Kałwak, Dorota Weziak-Bialowolska, Anna Wendołowska, Karolina Bonarska, Katarzyna Sitnik-Warchulska, Anna Bańbura, Dorota Czyżowska, Aleksandra Gruszka, Małgorzata Opoczyńska-Morasiewicz and Bernadetta Izydorczyk

This paper presents exploratory findings concerning the susceptibility of young adults to the impact of stress and increased risk on experiencing poorer mental health when confronted by the ongoing polycrisis.

Global Tipping Points Report 2023

April 16, 2024

Timothy M Lenton, David I Armstrong Mckay, Sina Loriani, Jesse F Abrams, Steven J Lade, et al.

Global Tipping Points is a report, led by the University of Exeter’s Global Systems Institute and funded by the Bezos Earth Fund, that identifies negative and positive tipping points with…

A Polycrisis Q&A with Malte Brosig

March 25, 2024

Malte Brosig

In an interview with CIVIS (Europe’s Civic University Alliance), University of the Witwatersrand International Relations Professor Malte Brosig shares his definition of polycrisis (“multiple interlinked crises, which condition each other…

Economic Globalization’s Polycrisis

March 23, 2024

Eric Helleiner

Eric Helleiner defines polycrisis as “a cluster of distinct crises that interact in ways that they and/or their effects tend to reinforce each other” and argues that economic globalization is…

Youth, Protests and the Polycrisis

March 12, 2024

Camila Teixeira

The report explores the transformative potential of youth protests while also highlighting the associated risks. It integrates quantitative research on protests with qualitative insights, including perspectives from young people.

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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