Each week on Culture of Change, we discuss the societal change strategies and tactics of our public and private – government and corporate – puppet masters.
Last week we looked at Public Private Partnerships through the lens of US Elections, and we had a great deep dive into our current elections infrastructure with Holly at Altitude.
This week, we are talking about climate and net-zero through the concept of Global Risks.
The WEF Global Risks Report 2023 18th Edition – INSIGHT REPORT
Released in January, the World Economic Forum’s “Global Risks Report” is all about the looming threat of climate inaction over the next decade. The report compares the risk landscape over the next two years to the expected risk landscape in 10 years, and it begins by defining Global Risks:
“‘Global risk’ is defined as the possibility of the occurrence of an event or condition which, if it occurs, would negatively impact a significant proportion of global GDP, population or natural resources.”
They go on to explain the methodology by which they surveyed their WEF partners to gather insights on the state of risks globally – and it’s bleak.
Here are some of their key insights about global risks in 2023 compared to 2033:
Cost of living dominates global risks in the next two years while climate action failure dominates the next decade
As an economic era ends, the next will bring more risks of stagnation, divergence and distress
Geopolitical fragmentation will drive geoeconomic warfare and heighten the risk of multi-domain conflicts
Technology will exacerbate inequalities while risks from cybersecurity will remain a constant concern
Climate mitigation and climate adaptation efforts are set up for a risky trade-off, while nature collapses
Food, fuel and cost crises exacerbate societal vulnerabilities while declining investments in human development erode future resilience
Concurrent, interconnected crises, or “Polycrises,” are the expectation of the future, from the global governors that brought you the Great Reset to the New World Order. In fact, this is the already-released headliner for the 2024 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
What’s a Polycrisis?
According to the World Economic Forum, the polycrisis is:
“...an idea that was launched by a French theorist of complexity called Edgar Morin, and then it was picked up by Jean-Claude Juncker, the President of the European Commission, in 2016, to describe the experience of trying to govern Europe when you had to deal with the Greek debt crisis, Putin's first aggression against Ukraine and the rumblings of Brexit in the background, and the refugee crisis in Syria spilling over into Europe. What he was trying to get at, and why I think the term is still useful, is this experience of not a single crisis with a single clearly defined logic. The financial crisis [for example] was about mortgage-backed securities. But this coming together at a single moment of things which, on the face of it, don't have anything to do with each other, but seem to pile onto each other to create a situation in the minds of policymakers, business people, families, individuals.”
Well, policy makers and individuals, anyway. The WEF piece by historian Adam Tooze continues:
“The COVID crisis, for instance, is overwhelming and leaves us unable to cope, questioning our identity and finding it very difficult to decide what the ground is that we stand on because it's being destabilized from so many different directions at once.”
Is this the WEF term for Mass Formation Psychosis? Sure seems like it.
Never let a crisis go to waste.
Join Ashe and guest co-host Frantic Missy break down the Polycrisis on Culture of Change! WATCH EPISODE 3 HERE!
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