Earlier this month, we hosted #CurrentsOfChange, ASRA’s first global symposium bringing together 250+ transdisciplinary leaders to face today’s #SystemicRisks.

In this video, our team shares what made it special, what moved them, and why “honest hope” isn’t just a motto - it’s a mindset.

We’re nearly there. This weekend, the first-ever transdisciplinary, global symposium dedicated to action on systemic risk takes place in France.

We’ll be sharing insights, video highlights, and artistic collaborations from the #CurrentsOfChange symposium here.

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“The future is something that we create collaboratively.”

Lewis Akenji from the Hot or Cool Institute asks three questions that encourage us to picture the future we want, and to identify the systemic risks we must address to get there.

Filmed at our #CurrentsOfChange symposium by Clara Carbajo.

We tend to think of ourselves as sealed-off individuals. The exhibition ‘Breathing with the Forest’ challenges us to reconsider the boundaries of our bodies to feel how inextricably embedded we are in a web of life.

Created by Marshmallow Laser Feast. Showing at our #CurrentsOfChange symposium.

Christiana Figueres, former UNFCCC Executive Secretary & co-host of climate podcast @outrageoptimism.bsky.social called for leaders to be both humble and courageous at ASRA's #CurrentsofChange symposium this morning.

Watch a clip from Christiana's brilliant speech. 📽️

After a full few days, our #CurrentsOfChange symposium has come to a close. But the striking ideas, different ways of thinking & open spirit brought to the symposium by its participants and speakers will stay with us.

A huge thanks to everyone involved. Let's keep the momentum going! #systemicrisk

📣 Demo launch of STEER: A new tool to assess and respond to #SystemicRisks.

STEER combines two core pathways: Systemic Risk Assessment and Systemic Risk Response. These work together to guide users from insight to action through a structured, evidence-based process.

🧵 1/2 #CurrentsOfChange

Really excited to be at the #CurrentsOfChange symposium with the lovely @asranetwork.org team today.

The SuperFUTURES exhibition and Marshmallow Laser Feast artworks are looking incredible.

Poet Ben Okri on Becoming the Change kicks off the #CurrentsofChange conference @asranetwork.org. Looking forward to 2 days of learning from wide range of people & bringing that thinking to @Riskknowhow.bsky.social. About our responsibility on Earth: "we are here to transform and be transformed"

We’re thrilled to partner with superFUTURES on an exhibition of ‘future artefacts’ & speculative films at our #CurrentsofChange symposium.

Nature’s Depot, led by Gem Barton, is a research-led spatial futures project, devised in collaboration with DEFRA.

Learn more: superfutures.rca.ac.uk

"We need to cultivate a heightened awareness if we are going to become warriors of humanity's best future." - Poet Ben Okri's powerful words at our #CurrentsOfChange symposium.

He says "The best and wisest use of our time apart from fighting injustice is dreaming a new future & working towards it."

We’re pleased to announce a new collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) on a policy brief that reframes risk for multilateral development banks.

Jordan Schwartz, Vice President, IDB, gave the closing keynote at our #CurrentsOfChange symposium this morning. Stand by for more.

What does it really mean to put justice and future generations at the heart of #SystemicRisk responses?

Watch two powerful speakers from the #CurrentsOfChange symposium explore this question in depth. 📽️

Full talk on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ3t...

“Complex system science can help us to learn to think in that breadth beyond the narrow silos in which most of us have been educated.”

Arthur Lyon Dahl, International Environment Forum, offers his insight on addressing #SystemicRisks during our #CurrentsOfChange symposium.

🧵 What does it take to support better decisions on complex, interconnected risks?

At #CurrentsOfChange by ASRA, we joined global experts to explore how to address systemic risks more effectively. A few highlights from the conversation 👇

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“If you’re willing to see knowledge, if you’re willing to look at justice through other lenses and perspectives, it’s easier to understand how systems function...”
— Rishika Das Roy, India Climate Collaborative

Filmed during our #CurrentsOfChange symposium.
#systemicrisk #socialjustice

The systems meant to support us—social, financial, political, environmental—show deep signs of strain, trust is eroding & risks are accelerating. We asked a panel of experts at our #CurrentsOfChange symposium: What will it take to meet this moment?

Watch full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVHT...

We’re excited to open the doors to our #CurrentsOfChange symposium today!

Over the next couple of days, 250 people from diverse disciplines and 50 different countries will gather together to attempt to better understand #SystemicRisk & surface ways to do so.

Watch this space for the highlights.