ThisContext and threat to survival chapterPolitics, policy and polity in the Anthropocene reviewsRethinking of politics, policy and polity in the Anthropocene theRethinking of politics, policy and polity controversialTowards rethinking politics, policy and polity in the Anthropocene discussion on theStart of the Anthropocene start of the AnthropoceneAnthropocene claiming that this change in Earth historyChange in earth history coincided with the emergence of a new international order. During the Cold WarCold War this liberalLiberal orderLiberal order contributed to the collapseCollapse of theSoviet union SovietSoviet union UnionCollapse of the Soviet Union, and theIntensification of globalisation intensification of globalisationGlobalisation resulted in a rapid increase in GHGGreenhouse gases (GHG) emissions. The collapseCollapse of the EuropeanSecurity order securitySecurity orderCollapse of the European Security Order (2022) upgraded Hobbesian geopoliticsGeopolitics and may postpone the realisation of a climate-neutral society and economy. During the first phase of the Anthropocene (bipolarity in the Cold War) the securitySecurity discourse clearly dominated. In the second phase, since theEnd of the Cold War end of the Cold WarCold War (unipolarity, 1990–2022), the planetary ecological debate emerged within new forms of “governance without governmentGovernance without government” extending beyond national sovereignty. During the third phase of increased uncertainty since 24 February 2022, both discourses coexist, while in policymaking the Hobbesian logicLogic on national sovereignty clearly dominates, and the Anthropocene narrativeAnthropocene narrative has been downgraded. Within the three phases of international order since 1945 the Anthropocene has not yet affected the definitions of concepts of Politik. It has been addressed in ten edited collections in Political SciencePolitical science and in a few monographs, without a consensus on its relevance, definitions and purpose. During the AnthropoceneAnthropocene the creation of a new planetary environmental order to counter global environmental and climateClimate change has not yet emerged to prevent a “hothouse EarthHothouse earth” and to counter possible geopolitical tipping pointsTipping point resulting from chaotic interactions in the Earth system.