2024 - Crisis tribes, elections, and a systemic solidarity response

The author contends that treating climate change, pandemics, and economic instability as separate issues leads to fragmented solutions that may worsen other crises. Drawing on the concept of 'crisis tribes'—groups defined by the specific traumas they have experienced—the text argues that current dominant policy responses often prioritize narrow interests over systemic health. To counter this, the Green Economy Coalition proposes a 'new eco-social contract for a shared global green deal' focused on building global partner networks, developing national eco-social contracting prototypes, and establishing a collective global green economy architecture to ensure a fair transition for all nations.

• European politics is characterized by 'crisis tribes'—identities formed by trauma from economic, security, health, climate, and migration crises over the last decade—rather than a simple left-right or pro-anti integration divide.
• Addressing crises as separate issues risks creating solutions that fail to tackle root causes and may exacerbate other manifestations of the same underlying global geo-political and economic governance malaise.
• Dominant policy responses across health, economy, migration, security, and climate are often contradictory or harmful to other sectors; for example, prioritizing oil and gas for security or pensions can lead to abandoning net zero goals.
• The Green Economy Coalition's 2024 strategy for a 'new eco-social contract for a shared global green deal' involves three priorities: expanding its global partner network, creating national eco-social contracting prototypes for local green deals, and progressing a collective global green economy architecture for an inclusive transition.

APA

Greenfield, O. (2024). 2024 - Crisis tribes, elections, and a systemic solidarity response. Green Economy Coalition. https://www.greeneconomycoalition.org/news-and-resources/2024-crisis-tribes-elections-and-a-systemic-solidarity-response

Chicago

Greenfield, Oliver. 2024 - Crisis tribes, elections, and a systemic solidarity response. Green Economy Coalition, 2024. https://www.greeneconomycoalition.org/news-and-resources/2024-crisis-tribes-elections-and-a-systemic-solidarity-response.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=Greenfield |first1=Oliver |title=2024 - Crisis tribes, elections, and a systemic solidarity response |publisher=Green Economy Coalition |date=8 February 2024 |url=https://www.greeneconomycoalition.org/news-and-resources/2024-crisis-tribes-elections-and-a-systemic-solidarity-response |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{greenfield20242024, author = {Greenfield, Oliver}, title = {{2024 - Crisis tribes, elections, and a systemic solidarity response}}, publisher = {Green Economy Coalition}, year = {2024}, month = feb, url = {https://www.greeneconomycoalition.org/news-and-resources/2024-crisis-tribes-elections-and-a-systemic-solidarity-response}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }