Why so much is going wrong at the same time
Thomas Homer-Dixon
Vox
The world is in a polycrisis generated by novel and unprecedented conditions.
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A hub for the growing polycrisis community
Megan Shipman and Scott Janzwood
Polycrisis program announcement
Polycrisis.org: A hub for a the polycrisis community to converge on priorities for research and action.
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‘Trigger fixation’ and trauma in the midst of global wildfires
Scott Janzwood
Royal Roads University President’s Message
We need to overcome our fixation on wildfire triggers, and acknowledge the importance of underlying causes.
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Let’s avoid ‘trigger fixation’
Michael Lawrence and Thomas Homer-Dixon
The Globe and Mail
Leaders should pay far more attention to underlying crisis stresses; they are ultimately far more important than trigger events.
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Plenty of reason for hope, if we work together for change
Thomas Homer-Dixon
The Times Colonist
The importance of hope that is “honest” and grounded the best scientific understanding of the polycrisis.
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Earth’s polycrisis is no mere illusion
Thomas Homer-Dixon, Michael Lawrence, and Scott Janzwood
The Globe and Mail
A backlash against the “polycrisis” neologism is well underway, but the polycrisis idea can motivate urgent scientific investigation into the architecture of global crisis interaction.
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Polycrisis: Why we must turn this meme into a big Idea
Michael Lawrence
The Conversation
The debate around polycrisis is largely a question of whether we really understand the mess we’re in.
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How do we turn a cascade of crises into a cascade of successes?
Thomas Homer-Dixon
Royal Roads University President’s Message
Amid a global polycrisis, what can be done to turn a cascade of crises into a “virtuous cascade” of success.
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Hope and Canada’s futures: Resilience in a polycrisis
Thomas Homer-Dixon
The Globe and Mail Future of Canada Lecture Series
A call for a National Dialogue on Canada’s Futures to help Canada face the emerging global polycrisis.
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What happens when a cascade of crises collide?
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Thomas Homer-Dixon and Johan Rockström
The New York Times
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.
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