# Crisis Trends 2025 · Zorraquino
> The trends report we never wanted to write, but can no longer ignore.
URL: https://www.zorraquino.com/en/trends/crisis-trends-2025

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# CrisisTrends 2025

The trends report we never wanted to write, but can no longer ignore.

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1. [Crisis Trends 2025Home](https://www.zorraquino.com/en/trends/crisis-trends-2025)
2. [Trend 01Climate emergency](https://www.zorraquino.com/en/trends/crisis-trends-2025/climate-emergency)
3. [Trend 02Voracious capitalism](https://www.zorraquino.com/en/trends/crisis-trends-2025/voracious-capitalism)
4. [Trend 03Elitist impunity](https://www.zorraquino.com/en/trends/crisis-trends-2025/elitist-impunity)
5. [Trend 04Widespread corruption](https://www.zorraquino.com/en/trends/crisis-trends-2025/widespread-corruption)
6. [Trend 05Living crunch](https://www.zorraquino.com/en/trends/crisis-trends-2025/living-crunch)
7. [Trend 06Prolonged conflict](https://www.zorraquino.com/en/trends/crisis-trends-2025/prolonged-conflict)
8. [Trend 07Authoritarian resurgence](https://www.zorraquino.com/en/trends/crisis-trends-2025/authoritarian-resurgence)
9. [Trend 08Rights rollback](https://www.zorraquino.com/en/trends/crisis-trends-2025/rights-rollback)
10. [Trend 09Weaponized racism](https://www.zorraquino.com/en/trends/crisis-trends-2025/weaponized-racism)
11. [Trend 10Silent genocide](https://www.zorraquino.com/en/trends/crisis-trends-2025/silent-genocide)

## Introduction

This is no time for neutrality or false balance. This report is born of a conviction: we need clarity in the face of self-serving confusion, and responsibility in the face of inertia. What you will find in these pages does not try to sugar-coat reality or soften its harshness, but to offer a clear framework for understanding it and, above all, for refusing to resign ourselves to it.

## The 10 trends

[![Climate emergency: The climate emergency demands immediate, transformative action, but political inertia and economic interests are delaying solutions and worsening the impact.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/0w1142l8/production/f73e5ec5d1062a6b52a0c846dbe07ee325419265-1920x1080.webp/climate-emergency-the-climate-emergency-demands-immediate-transformative-action.webp?w=1600&fit=max&auto=format&q=85)01Climate emergencyThe climate emergency demands immediate, transformative action, but political inertia and economic interests are delaying solutions and worsening the impact.Read trend](https://www.zorraquino.com/en/trends/crisis-trends-2025/climate-emergency)[![Voracious capitalism: Today’s economic model squeezes territories and people as if they were infinite resources, without considering the long-term consequences.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/0w1142l8/production/0972ecfa5df5334dac7f43d0bc30ac1cd4742556-1920x1081.webp/voracious-capitalism-today-s-economic-model-squeezes-territories-and-people-as.webp?w=1600&fit=max&auto=format&q=85)02Voracious capitalismToday’s economic model squeezes territories and people as if they were infinite resources, without considering the long-term consequences.Read trend](https://www.zorraquino.com/en/trends/crisis-trends-2025/voracious-capitalism)[![Elitist impunity: Elite impunity consolidates an architecture of armoured privilege, where power operates outside any accountability.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/0w1142l8/production/baf530d537b0a9e7d06f5d19be775100fe3ec9a8-1130x635.webp/elitist-impunity-elite-impunity-consolidates-an-architecture-of-armoured.webp?w=1600&fit=max&auto=format&q=85)03Elitist impunityElite impunity consolidates an architecture of armoured privilege, where power operates outside any accountability.Read trend](https://www.zorraquino.com/en/trends/crisis-trends-2025/elitist-impunity)[![Widespread corruption: Corruption becomes part of the system’s dynamics, distorting how institutions work and perverting the very idea of the public good.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/0w1142l8/production/9d43a67ad9495693f3034d4b3a93e998881ce2e4-1920x1080.webp/widespread-corruption-corruption-becomes-part-of-the-system-s-dynamics.webp?w=1600&fit=max&auto=format&q=85)04Widespread corruptionCorruption becomes part of the system’s dynamics, distorting how institutions work and perverting the very idea of the public good.Read trend](https://www.zorraquino.com/en/trends/crisis-trends-2025/widespread-corruption)[![Living crunch: The cost of living keeps rising, straining household budgets and restricting access to essential goods and services.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/0w1142l8/production/9daae58df3107473b0a1c364da2f9e3787cf248e-1848x1041.webp/living-crunch-the-cost-of-living-keeps-rising-straining-household-budgets-and.webp?w=1600&fit=max&auto=format&q=85)05Living crunchThe cost of living keeps rising, straining household budgets and restricting access to essential goods and services.Read trend](https://www.zorraquino.com/en/trends/crisis-trends-2025/living-crunch)[![Prolonged conflict: Wars become chronic, turning into prolonged mechanisms of control, destabilisation and fragmentation.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/0w1142l8/production/f9d3767bd4495445f2c529bf3741ac48a42ee126-1920x1080.webp/prolonged-conflict-wars-become-chronic-turning-into-prolonged-mechanisms-of.webp?w=1600&fit=max&auto=format&q=85)06Prolonged conflictWars become chronic, turning into prolonged mechanisms of control, destabilisation and fragmentation.Read trend](https://www.zorraquino.com/en/trends/crisis-trends-2025/prolonged-conflict)[![Authoritarian resurgence: Authoritarianism mutates and spreads, legitimised by democratic fatigue and a longing for order in the face of perceived chaos.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/0w1142l8/production/7aeb83b2af192b5a1d9a9a2d3c2da0a8c967fa20-1920x1081.webp/authoritarian-resurgence-authoritarianism-mutates-and-spreads-legitimised-by.webp?w=1600&fit=max&auto=format&q=85)07Authoritarian resurgenceAuthoritarianism mutates and spreads, legitimised by democratic fatigue and a longing for order in the face of perceived chaos.Read trend](https://www.zorraquino.com/en/trends/crisis-trends-2025/authoritarian-resurgence)[![Rights rollback: Individual freedoms are quietly rolled back, wrapped in rhetoric that promises security while undermining what is fundamental.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/0w1142l8/production/5ac5be02205387dd1624686e375d030304ba6dbb-1920x1080.webp/rights-rollback-individual-freedoms-are-quietly-rolled-back-wrapped-in-rhetoric.webp?w=1600&fit=max&auto=format&q=85)08Rights rollbackIndividual freedoms are quietly rolled back, wrapped in rhetoric that promises security while undermining what is fundamental.Read trend](https://www.zorraquino.com/en/trends/crisis-trends-2025/rights-rollback)[![Weaponized racism: Racism is used as a tool of social control, adapting to new narratives to sustain historical inequalities.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/0w1142l8/production/516ecb70a5a34f2b1b49afc392c0760c24385a57-1920x1080.webp/weaponized-racism-racism-is-used-as-a-tool-of-social-control-adapting-to-new.webp?w=1600&fit=max&auto=format&q=85)09Weaponized racismRacism is used as a tool of social control, adapting to new narratives to sustain historical inequalities.Read trend](https://www.zorraquino.com/en/trends/crisis-trends-2025/weaponized-racism)[![Silent genocide: The systematic elimination of populations is normalised under pretexts of self-defence and exceptionality, and their voices are silenced by international complicity.](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/0w1142l8/production/066cee39e51cc01bc7eff74732c43e77aeb087b1-1175x661.webp/silent-genocide-the-systematic-elimination-of-populations-is-normalised-under.webp?w=1600&fit=max&auto=format&q=85)10Silent genocideThe systematic elimination of populations is normalised under pretexts of self-defence and exceptionality, and their voices are silenced by international complicity.Read trend](https://www.zorraquino.com/en/trends/crisis-trends-2025/silent-genocide)

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