by Omega | Jan 16, 2024 | Culture
While rummaging through a bookstore in Iowa City decades ago I happened upon a slim volume with the intriguing title, Tao Teh King by Lao Tzu: Nature and Intelligence, translated by philosopher Archie Bahm. As a 20-year-old, I was in a state of full...
by Omega | Jan 15, 2024 | Worldviews
Record global temperatures are leading to increasingly harmful impacts, a cost-of living crisis is making everyday life harder for people around the world, and escalating tensions in the Middle East have the potential to widen into a broader regional conflict. Dorothy...
by Omega | Jan 9, 2024 | Polycrisis
When we launched The Polycrisis a year ago, we set out to examine the intersecting crises in the economy, energy system, commodities markets, geopolitics, and climate. Our aim was to break intellectual and political silos to give a fuller picture of what’s going on:...
by Omega | Jan 9, 2024 | Polycrisis
There is something paradoxical about pinning a name on an age characterized by extreme uncertainty. But that hasn’t stopped people from trying. Kyle Chayka Read full article in The New Yorker by Kyle Chayka
by Omega | Jan 9, 2024 | Environment
Food shortages are “alarmingly likely” in 2024 as climate change, transportation issues and global conflicts continue to affect supplies, a food security expert has said… Madeleine Ross Read full article in The Telegraph by Madeleine Ross
by Omega | Jan 9, 2024 | Environment
During Nate Hagens’ #WEP2018 keynote, he will discuss how all of our lives will be influenced by how we react to the coming era of harder to extract and more costly fossil fuels that will be combined with cleaner but more stochastic energy types. Watch Video of Nate...
by Omega | Jan 9, 2024 | Polycrisis
Global central bank balance sheets have ballooned, the Bank of Japan is printing money and buying their own stocks and bonds etc. And so I think we’re going to see another version of the banking crisis where we’re now looking at the larger banks, reverse repo rates...
by Susan Grelock Yusem | Dec 21, 2023 | Omega Resilience Awards
The Omega Resilience Awards’ (ORA) global partners are in the midst of their search for candidates for the second year of the ORA Fellowship. ORA’s anchor partners in India, Africa, and Latin America are currently seeking applications and nominees for the...
by Omega | Dec 17, 2023 | Environment
Microplastics have recently entered the public consciousness for finding their way into our bodies and to some of the most remote places on Earth. But now, a much smaller, potentially much more nefarious, and less understood threat is drawing scientist’s...
by Omega | Dec 17, 2023 | Environment
“This report is the most comprehensive review to date on tipping points in the Earth System,” explains Sina Loriani of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), one of the report’s lead authors. “Crossing these thresholds may trigger fundamental and...
