Polycrisis and Child Wellbeing: Future Avenues Across Europe
Klea Ramaj and Gary Pollock
The authors discuss the connections between polycrisis, child wellbeing, and policy-making throughout Europe.
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.
Exploring the interdependence of climate, finance, energy, and geopolitics: A conceptual framework for systemic risks amidst multiple crises
Franziska M. Hoffart, Paola D'Orazio, Franziska Holz, and Claudia Kemfert
This study proposes a framework to analyze the dynamics and risk channels between the climate crisis, financial stability, the geopolitical energy crisis, and the energy transitions. The framework is presented…
Economic growth and societal collapse: Beyond Green Growth and Degrowth fairy tales
Wim Naudé
In this book, Naudé argues that neither “Green Growth” nor “Degrowth” can achieve the “Great Decoupling.” Naudé explores the possibility of societal collapse and reflects on civilization’s capacity for recovery.
Navigating the Polycrisis, Mapping the Futures of Capitalism and the Earth
Michael J. Albert
This book explains how the “planetary polycrisis” will disrupt the global community in the coming decades and how humanity can best meet these challenges. Albert argues that we must devote…
Governing for Growth in a Time of Polycrisis
Kevin Page, Ali Ghadbawi
This article discusses how governments reconcile the demands of fiscal crisis management with the risk of losing voter support in the context of the polycrisis.
Enhancing Systemic Risk Management to Strengthen Community Resilience: Key Recommendations from State-of-the-Art Practices of Past Complex Incidents
Malith Senevirathne, Dilanthi Amaratunga, Richard Haigh and Georgina Clegg
This study investigates disaster management practices for complex disasters, emphasizing systemic risk management within community resilience strategies.
Doing Development in the Polycrisis
Yuen Yuen Ang
The author explores the concept of polycrisis, arguing that multiple crises expose the limits of industrial and colonial worldviews, which oversimplify complex systems into controllable models. The author proposes an…
Policymaking in an Age of Polycrises: Emerging Perspectives
Bishoy L. Zakia , Valérie Pattynb and Ellen Wayenberg
The authors present a review of the state of the art in polycrisis literature within the domains of public policy and administration. They explore the history and characteristics of polycrisis…
Trump, Trumpism, and the Polycrisis
Jeremy Brecher
The author explores the interconnected challenges of the polycrisis, using Trumpism as a lens to discuss broader systemic dynamics.
Geopolitical Conflicts, Anti-imperialism and Internationalism in Times of “Reactionary Acceleration”
Jaime Pastor
In this article, Jaime Pastor discusses the current global geopolitical crisis exacerbated by the rise of extreme right movements globally, particularly following Trump’s electoral victory.
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.