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.

AI for a Planet Under Pressure

November 5, 2025

Victor Galaz, Maria Schewenius, Jonathan F. Donges, Ingo Fetzer, Erik Zhivkoplias, Wolfram Barfuss, Louis Delannoy, Lan Wang-Erlandsson, Maximilian Gelbrecht, Jobst Heitzig, Jonas Hentati-Sundberg, Christopher Kennedy, Nielja Knecht, Romi Lotcheris, Miguel Mahecha, Andrew Merrie, David Montero, Timon McPhearson, Ahmed Mustafa, Magnus Nyström, Juan C. Rocha, Masahiro Ryo, Samuel T. Segun, Anna B. Stephenson, Elizabeth Tellman, Felipe Tobar and Alice Vadrot

The report AI for a Planet Under Pressure examines the potential of artificial intelligence (AI) to address the contemporary polycrisis by supporting research and decision-making across interconnected sustainability challenges. Synthesizing…

Tackling the Complex Links Between Climate Change, Conflict, and Health

November 5, 2025

Barbora Šedová and Andrew Haines

The authors underscore the urgent need to address the interconnected threats of climate change, conflict, and health. They highlight how these threats not only cause direct harm, such as heat-related…

The Weaponization of Emerging Technologies and Their Impact on Global Risk: A Perspective from the PfPC Emerging Security Challenges Working Group

November 1, 2025

Jean-Marc Rickli and Gëzim Vllasi

The authors examine how emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence, synthetic biology, quantum computing, and neurotechnology, are reshaping global security risks. The study argues that traditional threat-based security models are…

The Global Polytunity

October 29, 2025

Yuen Yuen Ang

In this article, Yuen Yuen Ang introduces the concept of polytunity as a counter-narrative to the prevailing discourse of polycrisis. Rather than viewing overlapping global disruptions as signs of inevitable…

Global Risk Review

October 27, 2025

The Centre for the Study of Wicked Problems

The October Global Risk Review Report provides an analysis of emerging geopolitical, economic, and humanitarian risks, emphasizing the interconnected nature of contemporary crises. It examines rising political violence, institutional fragility,…

The European Union in the Age of Polycrisis: Italian Public Opinion in Comparative Perspective

October 26, 2025

Giuliano Bobba and Antonella Seddone

The authors explore how public attitudes toward the European Union have evolved in the age of polycrisis. Through a comparative analysis of Italy, France, Germany, Poland, Spain, and Sweden, the…

Derailment Risk

October 24, 2025

Laurie Laybourn, Ben Shread-Hewitt, Daniel Jonusas, Kris De Meyer, and James G Dyke

This report presents a systematic effort to theorize what the authors call “derailment risk,” a vicious cycle in which escalating climate impacts and the disruptive consequences of green transitions undermine…

Addressing the Globe’s Polycrisis with Lou Leonard, Dean of Clark University’s School of Climate, Environment, and Society

October 24, 2025

Melissa Hanson & Lou Leonard

In this episode, Dr. Lou Leonard explores the global polycrisis—a convergence of multiple crisis such as climate change, ecological degradation, and rising inequality. He explains how these overlapping challenges are…

The Impact of a Polycrisis on Policy and Institutional Change: A Framework for Analysis and Methodology

October 23, 2025

Vitalis Nakrošis and Ramūnas Vilpišauskas

This article introduces a special issue dedicated to examining the management of the polycrisis and the policy responses of Lithuanian governments and public sector organizations between 2021 and 2025. It…

A global ‘polycrisis’ is looming, sparked by China, Taiwan and AI, say these researchers

October 23, 2025

Jules Rimmer

This article discusses how the global race for artificial intelligence supremacy could spark a polycrisis by 2027, as geopolitical, technological, and economic tensions converge. It argues that control over Taiwan’s…

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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