Towards Rethinking Politics, Policy and Polity in the Anthropocene: Context and Threat to Survival
Journal: The anthropocene: Politik - economics - society - science
Year: 2025

Abstract Thischapterreviewsthecontroversialdiscussion on the start of the Anthropocene claiming that this change in Earth history coincided with the emergence of a new international order. During the Cold Warthis liberalorder contributed to the collapseof theSovietUnion, and the intensification of globalisation resulted in a rapid increase in GHG emissions. The collapseof the Europeansecurityorder (2022) upgraded Hobbesian geopolitics and may postpone the realisation of a climate-neutral society