There are a range of new flashpoints and ongoing deadly conflicts the world has largely ignored due to the focus on Ukraine.
‘Permacrisis’ is Collins Dictionary’s 2022 word of the year, but polycrisis is a more accurate term to describe the world’s ongoing crises and how they’re interacting with one another.
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What’s a polycrisis? We’re in one, and greed and power are undoubtedly worsening it, but our knowledge remains poor. Experts know a lot about individual risks and crises, but not how they interact.
‘Permacrisis’: the Ever Given stuck in the Suez Canal, instantly bringing 12% of global trade to a stop.
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