VIDEO — President of Royal Roads University Dr. Philip Steenkamp speaks with Dr. Thomas Homer-Dixon about the global polycrisis and what we can do to turn a cascade of crises into a “virtuous cascade” of success.
How do we turn a cascade of crises into a cascade of successes? Read More »
VIDEO by Thomas Homer-Dixon — In his closing keynote at The Globe and Mail’s Future of Canada Series, Thomas Homer-Dixon calls for a National Dialogue on Canada’s Futures to help Canada face the emerging global polycrisis.
Hope and Canada’s futures: Resilience in a polycrisis Read More »
New York Times article by Thomas Homer-Dixon and Johan Rockström — Today’s mess is best understood as a global polycrisis—a term which implies that humanity is dealing with a complex knot of seemingly distinct but actually deeply entangled crises.
What happens when a cascade of crises collide? Read More »
Distrust of new technology runs deep in the climate movement. But we don’t have the critical green technologies we need to get us to net-zero by 2050 — and assuming we do is wishful thinking.
Every politically feasible pathway to net-zero requires a technological breakthrough Read More »
Globe and Mail article by Thomas Homer-Dixon — Russian President Vladimir Putin is forcing the West to play a dangerous game of chicken, and he’s about to throw his steering wheel out the window.
Putin isn’t bluffing about using nuclear weapons in Ukraine Read More »
Globe and Mail article by Thomas Homer-Dixon and Robin Cox — We need to improve how we marshal, integrate, apply and communicate the best knowledge about B.C.’s emerging risks – those known and anticipated, as well as those unexpected and even currently unimaginable.
Globe and Mail article by Thomas Homer-Dixon, Ian Graham, and Ellen Quigley — A government-industry research and development partnership in ultradeep geothermal would be a “moonshot” project that Canadians could rally around.
A big bet on geothermal could help prevent a climate catastrophe Read More »
The second briefing of the Ukraine-Russia War Expert Panel — Whether Russia will use a tactical nuclear weapon depends on Putin’s psychology, his evolving
assessment of his own capabilities, and what he considers to be an acceptable outcome.
The global systemic consequences of the Ukraine-Russia War: Part II Read More »
The first briefing of the Ukraine-Russia War Expert Panel
The global systemic consequences of the Ukraine-Russia War: Part I Read More »
