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.

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…

Exploring Food System Resilience to the Global Polycrisis in Six Asian Countries

April 15, 2024

Caroline Favas, Chiara Cresta, Elizabeth Whelan, Kristie Smith, Mari S. Manger, Damith Chandrasenage, Anusara Singhkumarwong, Jintana Kawasaki, Susana Moreno and Sophie Goudet

The authors explore the resilience of food systems in six Asian countries (Bangladesh, Kyrgyz Republic, Lao PDR, Pakistan, Philippines, and Sri Lanka) amidst the global polycrisis caused by COVID-19, geopolitical…

Principles for Systemic Risk Assessment and Response

April 10, 2024

Accelerator for Systemic Risk Assessment (ASRA)

In this publication, the Accelerator for Systemic Risk Assessment presents the Principles for Systemic Risk Assessment and Response. Co-developed with a diverse network of experts, these principles aim to redefine…

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.

‘Pre-Polycrisis’ Hazard Mitigation

March 11, 2024

Nick King

Nick King argues that industrial civilization has created many persistent and severe hazards (such as nuclear waste, methane leaking hydrocarbon infrastructure, contaminated sites, landfills, and deforested land), polycrises in the…

European Climate Risk Assessment

March 10, 2024

European Environment Agency

The European Climate Risk Assessment identifies 36 major climate risks threatening Europe’s energy and food security, ecosystems, infrastructure, water resources, financial stability, and public health. The report emphasizes that many…

Transition and Climate Crisis with Sabrina Fernandes at the University of Bath

March 7, 2024

Sabrina Fernandes

In this video, Dr. Sabrina Fernandes discusses how to rethink the Polycrisis from an internationalist Global South perspective and how it relates to transition and climate justice. Fernandes begins by…

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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