Strategic advantage now accrues to those who can navigate multiple systems simultaneously—processing complexity where others cannot and maintaining access through both formal and informal channels.

Global climate governance is shifting from coordinated mitigation to fragmented adaptation, as cities, states and regions build independent climate responses while multilateral frameworks stall. 

The climate window is narrowing just as the energy transition fragments into competing systems, each embedding dependencies that will shape emissions through 2070. 

Technology infrastructure is splintering into incompatible sovereign systems as nations pursue independence through different models, creating permanent fragmentation.