2008
Lehman Brothers collapses
2011
Arab Spring
2013
CO2 levels
exceed 400ppm
2016
Brexit
2017
Trump becomes
President
2019
COVID-19
outbreak begins
- 89%
2008
Gordon Brown commissions us to write a paper on multilateralism and global risks for the Progressive Governance summit
2020
We launch the Long Crisis Network
2008
Lehman Brothers collapses
Gordon Brown commissions us to write a paper on multilateralism and global risks for the Progressive Governance summit
2011
Arab Spring
2013
CO2 levels exceed 400ppm
2016
Brexit
David launches the Pathfinders for
Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies
2017
Trump becomes President
2019
COVID-19 outbreak begins
2020
We launch the Long Crisis Network
What Happens Now?
We’re poised between two futures. A breakdown scenario of conflict, fragmentation, and collapse. Or a breakthrough scenario of safety, restoration, and flourishing – for us and for the world.
At this pivotal moment, it’s our capacity to act collectively that will determine our fate: whether we come together in a Larger Us, or fall apart into Them and Us polarisation.
Over the next 100 days, we’ll be focusing on launching a network of change makers in politics, civil society, business, think tanks and more to develop new ideas and coalitions for action to help the world shoot the rapids on COVID-19 and its consequences.
Alex Evans
@alexevansuk
Alex is founder of the Collective Psychology Project, which explores how we can use psychology to reduce political tribalism and polarization, a senior fellow at New York University, and author of The Myth Gap: What Happens When Evidence and Arguments Aren’t Enough? (Penguin, 2017).
He is a former Campaign Director at Avaaz, special adviser to two UK Cabinet Ministers, climate expert in the UN Secretary-General’s office, and was Research Director for the Business Commission on Sustainable Development.
Alex was part of Ethiopia’s delegation to the Paris climate summit and has consulted for Oxfam, WWF UK, the UK Cabinet Office, and US State Department.
David Steven
@davidsteven
David is a senior fellow at New York University, where he founded the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children and the Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies, a multi-stakeholder partnership to deliver the SDG targets for preventing all forms of violence, strengthening governance, and promoting justice and inclusion.
He was lead author for the ministerial Task Force on Justice for All and senior external adviser for the UN-World Bank flagship study on prevention, Pathways for Peace.
He is a former senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and co-author of The Risk Pivot: Great Powers, International Security, and the Energy Revolution (Brookings Institution Press, 2014).
Alex Evans
@alexevansuk
Alex is founder of the Collective Psychology Project, which explores how we can use psychology to reduce political tribalism and polarization, a senior fellow at New York University, and author of The Myth Gap: What Happens When Evidence and Arguments Aren’t Enough? (Penguin, 2017).
He is a former Campaign Director at Avaaz, special adviser to two UK Cabinet Ministers, climate expert in the UN Secretary-General’s office, and was Research Director for the Business Commission on Sustainable Development.
Alex was part of Ethiopia’s delegation to the Paris climate summit and has consulted for Oxfam, WWF UK, the UK Cabinet Office, and US State Department.
David Steven
@davidsteven
David is a senior fellow at New York University, where he founded the Global Partnership to End Violence Against Children and the Pathfinders for Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies, a multi-stakeholder partnership to deliver the SDG targets for preventing all forms of violence, strengthening governance, and promoting justice and inclusion.
He was lead author for the ministerial Task Force on Justice for All and senior external adviser for the UN-World Bank flagship study on prevention, Pathways for Peace.
He is a former senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and co-author of The Risk Pivot: Great Powers, International Security, and the Energy Revolution (Brookings Institution Press, 2014).