Here is a term you’re not going to like: Polycrisis. Meaning: Many interconnected crises at the same time.
The World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report was published recently and it is an annual assessment of human survival, or lack thereof, based on perceived risks such as high cost of living, wars, conflicts and natural disasters. The WEF ranks these risks as short-term or long-term.
This year, the WEF says that it is concerned about a polycrisis, mostly because of the war between East and West. They say that the global conflicts will “have ripple effects across the global risks landscape over the medium term, including contributing to a potential polycrisis of interrelated environmental, geopolitical and socioeconomic risks relating to the supply of and demand for natural resources.”
The polycrisis is made up of a lot more than war, climate and costs. It also includes digital risks such as cybercrime, terrorists attacks, employment crisis and my favorite: misinformation and disinformation. As a global crisis. Okay?
Hapa ni neno wewe si kwenda kama: Polycrisis. Maana: Madhara mengi yaliyounganishwa wakati uleule. Ripoti ya Global Risks ya Mkutano wa Kiuchumi wa Dunia (WEF) ni tathmini ya kila mwaka ya uokokaji wa binadamu, au ukosefu wake, kulingana na hatari zinazoonekana kama vile gharama ya juu ya maisha, vita, migogoro na majanga ya asili. WEF inaweka hatari hizi kama za muda mfupi au za muda mrefu. WEF inaelezea wasiwasi wake juu ya mgogoro wa kisiasa kati ya Mashariki na Magharibi. "Wanasema kwamba migogoro ya kimataifa itakuwa na athari za ""mzunguko"" katika mazingira ya hatari ya kimataifa kwa muda wa kati, ikiwa ni pamoja na kuchangia uwezekano wa polycrisis ya hatari za mazingira, geopolitical na kijamii na kiuchumi zinazohusiana na usambazaji na mahitaji ya rasilimali za asili. ""Mgogoro wa kimataifa unajumuisha mengi zaidi ya vita, hali ya hewa na gharama." Pia inajumuisha hatari za dijiti kama vile uhalifu wa mtandao, mashambulizi ya kigaidi, mgogoro wa ajira na mpendwa wangu: habari zisizo sahihi na habari zisizo sahihi. Kama mgogoro wa kimataifa. Je, ni sawa?