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.

The Spectrum of (Poly)Crisis: Exploring Polycrises of the Past to Better Understand our Current and Future Risks

October 5, 2024

Samantha Louise Holder, Rachel Ainsworth, Daniel Aldrich, James S Bennett, Gary Feinman, Sienna Mark, Georg Orlandi, Johannes Preiser-Kapeller, Jenny Reddish, Rod Schoonover, Peter Turchin and Daniel Hoyer

The authors explore the concept of polycrises by examining historical examples from late 1st-millennium CE Mesoamerica, Late Medieval Eurasia, and the Early Modern Northern Hemisphere to illustrate how these periods…

Impact 2024: How Donald Trump’s Reelection Could Amplify Global Inter-systemic Risk

October 3, 2024

Thomas Homer-Dixon, Luke Kemp, Michael Lawrence, and Megan Shipman

The November 2024 federal election in the United States could mark an abrupt inflection point not only in the evolution of the American polity but also in the direction of…

Corporate Social Responsibility and Risk Management: Charting the Course for a Sustainable Future of the Fashion Industry

September 27, 2024

Laura Macchion

In this article, Laura Macchion examines how corporate social responsibility (CSR) and risk management intersect in the fashion industry. The study emphasizes the importance of integrating responsible practices into business…

Navigating Systemic Risks: Governance of and for Systemic Risks

September 25, 2024

Pia-Johanna Schweizer and Sirkku Juhola

The authors explore the emergence of systemic risks in modern societies by examining how tightly coupled dynamic systems in the Anthropocene can lead to cascading failures. They argue that traditional…

Planetary Health Check Report 2024

September 24, 2024

Levke Caesar, Boris Sakschewski, Lauren Seaby Andersen, Tim Beringer, Johanna Braun, Donovan Dennis, Dieter Gerten, Adrian Heilemann, Jonas Kaiser, Niklas H. Kitzmann, Sina Loriani, Wolfgang Lucht, Josef Ludescher, Maria Martin, Sabine Mathesius, Anja Paolucci, Sofie te Wierik and Johan Rockström

The 2024 Planetary Health Check report reveals that six of the nine Planetary Boundary processes have exceeded safe levels, with all six showing increasing pressure across control variables, indicating further…

Facing Global Risks with Honest Hope: Transforming Multidimensional Challenges into Multidimensional Possibilities

September 21, 2024

Accelerator for Systemic Risk Assessment (ASRA)

This report examines the complexities of a global polycrisis, highlighting the interconnected nature of environmental, economic, and social risks. It emphasizes the urgent need for systemic risk assessment and response….

Loneliness in Times of Global Polycrises

September 13, 2024

Sebastian Spanknebel, Simon Barton, and René Hurlemann

The authors argue that polycrises “are associated with enormous psychological stress, especially for vulnerable groups”, in part because they impair social interaction. The resulting loneliness then affects people’s behaviors within…

When one crisis comes after another: successive shocks, food insecurity, and coastal precarity in the Philippines

September 11, 2024

Anacorita O. Abasolo and Marvin Joseph F. Montefrio

The authors examine the layering and succession of social and environmental crises—including a catastrophic typhoon, the COVID-19 pandemic, and economic inflation—and their impacts on food security in Capiz, Philippines. The…

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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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