Navigating Polycrisis: Long-Run Socio-Cultural Factors Shape Response to Changing Climate
Daniel Hoyer, James S. Bennett, Jenny Reddish, Samantha Holder, Robert Howard, Majid Benam, Jill Levine, Francis Ludlow, Gary Feinman, and Peter Turchin
Societies throughout history have faced polycrises, but the outcomes range widely from collapse to positive adaptation. The authors have developed a Crisis Database of 150 past societal crises and find…
Why Integrated Assessment Models Alone are Insufficient to Navigate us through the Polycrisis
Konstantinos Koasidis, Alexandros Nikas and Haris Doukas
The authors discuss how Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs) have limited capacity to navigate complex, interconnected global crises. They advocate for the integration of transdisciplinary approaches, including socio-technical transitions and diverse…