Delighted to write about the #globalpolycrisis in the NYTimes with @jrockstrom. Key idea: Risk synchronization. 1/4 🧵
What Happens When a Cascade of Crises Collide? nytimes.com/2022/11/13/opi…
What Happens When a Cascade of Crises Collide? nytimes.com/2022/11/13/opi…
"We can see the crises of the moment, but we’re substantially blind to the hidden processes by which those crises worsen one another — and to the true dangers that may be enveloping us all." 2/4
"Complex and largely unrecognized causal links among the world’s economic, social and ecological systems may be causing many risks to go critical at nearly the same time." 3/4
"If so, the apparent simultaneity isn’t just a temporary coincidence; it’s likely to persist and could ultimately overwhelm the capacity of society to adapt, and push some places into outright collapse." 4/4
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