Systemic risk: Opportunities for inter- and transdisciplinary science to improve societal resilience

Systemic risks will be amplified due to global warming as climate-related shocks, like extreme weather events, cause cascading and compounding impacts across sectors and systems. To better understand and manage systemic risk, inter- and transdisciplinary collaborations between scientists and decision-makers are urgently needed. This backstory summarizes contributions to a focus collection showcasing scientific advances in modeling systemic risk and its drivers and provides examples of using local knowledge, sectoral data, and artificial intelligence for a better understanding of systemic risks.