We have altered the world. Climate mutation is now at the heart of reflections on contemporary upheavals.

Climate mutation directly fuels the dislocations of our world, when extreme events strike populations, when poorly designed transition policies weaken the social fabric. It also intertwines with other crises, when fossil fuel money drives disinformation, when wars accelerate emissions and relegate climate concerns to the background. This polycrisis now forms the backdrop against which the climate drama is unfolding. Like a magnifying glass, it exposes the growing inadequacy of our institutions in the face of present challenges.