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Thomas Homer-Dixon is the author of 'The Upside of Down: catastrophe, creativity and the renewal of civilisation'. He is Director of the Trudeau Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies and Professor of Political Science at the University of Toronto, and is one of the world’s leading authorities on environmental security and social adaptation to complex stress.

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Crisis without collapse

How can we transform the risk of breakdown into an opportunity for renewal? Thomas Homer-Dixon explores the possibilities for positive change in this extract from ‘The Upside of Down: Catastrophe, Creativity, and the Renewal of Civilization’.

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