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— 16 January 2023 —

Polycrisis!

Polycrisis

Over recent years we have experienced a period of significant global change. In addition to the acceleration of climate change, extreme weather events and environmental degradation, we are living through a global pandemic, a war in Europe, rising geo-political tensions, high inflation and a cost of living crisis, energy supply and trade disruption, and widespread food insecurity.

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May 30 2023

The global polycrisis reflects a civilizational crisis that calls for systemic alternatives

By Zack Walsh, Polycrisis Transition Consultancy…A review of emerging definitions of polycrisis within cognate bodies of scientific literature exploring societal...
May 22 2023
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The ORA Fellowship announced 21 new fellows working to address the global polycrisis

Omega Resilience Awards announced their inaugural cohort of fellows working in the Global South.
May 22 2023

Polycrisis? What polycrisis?

By Paul Arbair, Resilience…Human societies the world over are confronted with a growing number and range of difficult and compounding problems and crises, which...
May 22 2023

What is the “Global Polycrisis” and how should journalists be covering it?

Watch EJN’s 2023 #EarthDay webinar on the global polycrisis — what does this newly-popular term mean, why is it important for climate and environmental journalism...
May 22 2023

Global polycrisis as a pathway for economic transition

By Zack Walsh, Polycrisis Transition Consultancy….This article is part of an ongoing collaboration between the United Nations Development Programme (Bureau for...
May 20 2023

On the ‘Polycrisis’: Part I

by Bo Harvey….“There is no single vital problem, but many vital problems, and it is this complex intersolidarity of problems, antagonisms, crises, uncontrolled...
Apr 20 2023

Navigating the polycrisis–life in turbulent times

By Michael Lerner, Angle of Vision…The polycrisis has many names—cascading crises, the metacrisis, the permacrisis, the great unraveling, the great...
Apr 13 2023

The Long View Vol 22

Since the Long View started as a newsletter almost 2 years ago, our aim has been to curate the highest quality polycrisis news, research, and analysis to support this...
Apr 13 2023

The Great Simplification: What HS leaders need to know about the future of energy with Nate Hagens

Nate Hagens, Director of the Institute for the Study of Energy and Our Future, offers a valuable, insightful, and cautionary presentation on energy consumption and the...
Apr 12 2023
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The 12 paradigm shifts that are changing our world: Peter Leyden and Gerd Leonhard

Peter Leyden and Gerd Leonhard take a closer look at a dozen of the most important paradigm shifts of the 2020s that everyone should better understand.