This website presents Control Risks’ RiskMap 2026. It identifies four interconnected risks defining the global business environment in 2026: a new rules — no rules world, where governments are abandoning established norms in favour of transactional arrangements, replacing multilateral frameworks with protectionism and backroom deals; the rise of activated societies, where generations mobilised by grievance […]
In this webinar, Simon Buckingham Shum explores how generative AI intersects with the escalating global polycrisis, discussing how AI is both part of the problem and potentially part of the solution in addressing systemic challenges, while showcasing emerging examples particularly relevant to higher education.
Generative AI as intellectual augmentation for the polycrisis/metacrisis Read More »
The authors explore how artificial intelligence is increasingly entangled with the polycrisis. Using the Anthropocene Traps framework, they examine 14 self-reinforcing structural dynamics to reveal how artificial intelligence can both exacerbate and help address these crises. While artificial intelligence supports data collection, efficiency, and ecological research, it also fuels unsustainable growth imperatives, infrastructure lock-ins, and
Artificial Intelligence in the Polycrisis: Fueling or Fighting Flames? Read More »
The Global Risks Report 2025 presents insights from the Global Risks Perception Survey 2024-2025, which gathered input from over 900 experts worldwide. The report analyzes global risks across three timeframes—immediate (2025), short-to medium-term (2027), and long-term (2035)—to help decision-makers navigate current and future challenges.
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The author explores how, in times of polycrisis, young people become politically interested and active by engaging with the “civic web.”
The report presents an annual forecast of the political risks that are most likely to play out over the course of 2024.
On September 22, 2024 world leaders adopted a Pact for the Future. The Pact covers a broad range of issues, including peace and security, sustainable development, climate change, digital cooperation, human rights, gender, youth and future generations, and the transformation of global governance.
The Pact for the Future Read More »
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, severe pandemics, and supervolcanoes.
Global Catastrophic Risk Assessment Read More »
Anthony Langlois explores the ethical dimensions of navigating contemporary global challenges like climate emergencies, digital transformation, and sustainability. The author argues that there are a lack of normative considerations in polycrisis analysis, emphasizing the need for ethical frameworks to address interconnected crises.
Ethics amid Crises Read More »
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 case studies from Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Polycrisis and Economic Development in the Global South Read More »
