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.
The authors review six major systemic risks facing modern societies: geopolitical risks, global meteorological disaster risks, regional environmental risks, global supply chain risks, systemic financial risks, and technology-mediated societal and…
The authors argue that moderate volcanic eruptions might have cascading, catastrophic effects. They identify seven global “pinch points” where volcanic hazards intersect with concentrated systems such as shipping routes, air…
The authors argue that global health architecture must be reformed to respond more effectively to an era of polycrisis. They propose three interlinked priorities: rebalancing power by strengthening country ownership,…
The July 2026 Global Risk Review identifies geopolitical escalation, climate extremes, digital misinformation, public health emergencies, and digital transformation as five key global risks. The report argues that these risks…
This article argues that the Greater Horn of Africa is facing a looming polycrisis driven by the interaction of climate extremes, violent conflict, disease outbreaks, and rising food and fertiliser…
This article argues that Latin America occupies a distinctive but tension-filled position in the global polycrisis, holding ecologically strategic territories such as the Amazon, the Andean systems, and major wetlands…
This comment argues that science education remains rooted in modernist assumptions of control, separability, and human exceptionalism, even as it is often framed as a response to the Anthropocene, despite…
This paper argues that the polycrisis exceeds the analytical capacity of traditional diplomatic institutions. The author contends that the ability to manage complexity has become an important source of geopolitical…
This essay argues that climate adaptation is becoming an increasingly urgent complement to emissions reduction as the impacts of global warming intensify, while cautioning that adaptation cannot take precedence over…
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Leaders Should Plan for Colliding Risks, Not Isolated Crises. Here’s Why
Robert Muggah
This article argues that businesses must move beyond managing individual threats and prepare for the cascading, compounding, and colliding effects of interconnected global risks. It highlights geopolitics, climate change, and…