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.

Achieving Inter- and Transdisciplinarity in Ecohealth: Insights from a Rodent-Borne Disease Project in a Polycrisis Era

December 17, 2024

Isabelle Arpin, Clémence Massart, Vincent Bourret, Guillaume Castel, Valeria Carolina Colombo, Jana Eccard, Jasmin Firozpoor, Maciej Grzybek, Heikki A Henttonen, Herwig Leirs, Andrew McManus, Ben Roche, Tarja Sironen, Vincent Sluydts, Peter Stuart, Annetta Zintl and Nathalie Charbonnel

The authors explore the challenges of addressing “wicked problems,” such as emerging zoonotic diseases, and the potential of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research (ITDR) to tackle them. Using a case study…

Governing in a Complex World Series: Explaining the Global Polycrisis

December 17, 2024

In this session, Thomas Homer-Dixon, Executive Director of the Cascade Institute, explains the polycrisis concept, how it impacts governance systems, and its implications for policymakers.

The Thematic Assessment Report on Interlinkages Among Biodiversity, Water, Food and Health

December 16, 2024

Pamela McElwee, Paula A. Harrison, Tiff van Huysen, Virginia Alonso Roldán, Edmundo Barrios, Purnamita Dasgupta, Fabrice DeClerck, Zuzana V. Harmáčková, David T. S. Hayman, Mario Herrero, Ritesh Kumar, Debora Ley, Diana Mangalagiu, Rosemary A. McFarlane, Craig Paukert, Walter Alberto Pengue, Paula Ribeiro Prist, Taylor Ricketts, Mark Rounsevell, Osamu Saito, Odirilwe Selomane, Ralf Seppelt, Pramod K. Singh, Nadia Sitas, Pete Smith, James Vause, Ernest Lytia Molua, Carlos Zambrana-Torrelio and David Obura.

This report explores the interconnected crises and challenges of biodiversity loss, water availability and quality, food insecurity, health risks, and climate change, focusing on their interlinkages. It assesses current and…

A Systematic Review of Assessing Climate Change Risks on Species and Ecosystems: Bibliometric Overview, Concepts, Approaches, and Trends

December 16, 2024

Hui Wu, Le Yu, Xiaoli Shen, Fangyuan Hua, Zhicong Zhao, Yixuan Li and Keping Ma

The authors present a bibliometric analysis of the research landscape on climate change risk assessment for species and ecosystems, identifying key themes, trends and collaborations. They integrate correlative, mechanistic, trait-based…

Mapping Emerging Critical Risks

December 16, 2024

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

This paper reviews the findings of a pilot online mapping exercise of emerging risks conducted by the OECD High-Level Risk Forum. Nearly half of the risks shortlisted during the first…

Inequality and the Polycrisis

December 14, 2024

Jeremy Brecher

Jeremy Brecher examines how the era of neoliberal globalization, which initially facilitated economic growth in developing nations through global trade and investment, is now giving way to a polycrisis marked…

Environmental-Political Collapse Accelerates

December 13, 2024

Richard Heinberg

In this article, Richard Heinberg discusses why cascading disruptions of environmental and political systems are entangled and mutually reinforcing. He also attempts to identify the next stages of global collapse…

The Politics of Polycrisis

December 12, 2024

Patrick Diamond and Ania Skrzypek (eds.)

This book delves into the challenges and strategies for social democracy in Europe amid multiple, interconnected crises. It builds on discussions from the 10th Oxford Symposium and reflects on how…

Social Response to Polycrisis: The Case of Bulgaria

December 12, 2024

Antoaneta Hristova (ed.)

The book presents a collection of articles examining the interconnected crises impacting Bulgarian society from a psychological perspective, offering an in-depth analysis of societal reactions and coping mechanisms.

Sustainable Development and Strategic Management – What is on the Horizon in our Non-ergodic World Research?

December 11, 2024

Edgars Sedovs , Tatjana Volkova and Iveta Ludviga

The authors examine emerging trends in strategic management and sustainable development research amid global disruptions and polycrises, which contribute to the uncertainty of a non-ergodic world.

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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