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.

Global Catastrophic Risk Assessment

Henry H. Willis, Anu Narayanan, Benjamin Boudreaux, Bianca Espinosa, Edward Geist, Daniel M. Gerstein, Dahlia Anne Goldfeld, Nidhi Kalra, Tom LaTourrette, Emily Lathrop, et al.

This report summarizes what is known about the risks associated with six threats and hazards: artificial intelligence, asteroid and comet impacts, sudden and severe changes to Earth’s climate, nuclear war,…

The Next Systemic Financial Crisis – Where Might it Come From?: Financial Stability in a Polycrisis World

Andreas Dombret and Patrick Kenadjian (eds.)

This book discusses macroeconomic factors, crypto assets, non-bank financial institutions, and regulated financial service providers, highlighting that each sector can interact with others to create a cluster of risks with…

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.

Polycrisis and Economic Development in the Global South

Hebatallah Adam and Ravinder Rena (eds.)

The book delves into the challenges and opportunities faced by the Global South in the context of Polycrisis. The book uses a multidisciplinary approach that combines theoretical studies with empirical…

A Philanthropic Theory of Systems Transformation for Advancing Equity in the Polycrisis

Michael Quinn Patton and Ruth Richardson

This article argues “that intervening to mitigate and reverse the effects of the polycrisis challenges change agents, program designers, foundations, and evaluators to move beyond traditional project-level thinking and autonomous…

Poverty, Prosperity, and Planet Report: Pathways Out of the Polycrisis

World Bank

“This report offers the first post-pandemic assessment of global progress toward” the “interlinked goals” of “ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity on a livable planet.” It “explores potential pathways…

Scenarios 2075: The Cascading Risks Study

Trond Arne Undheim

In the Cascading Risks Study, author Trond Undheim seeks to create five scenarios (Climate cataclysm by 2075; World war by 2075; Growth and collapse by 2075; Runaway AI by 2075;…

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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