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FIG 0 · Across the Nexus
Platforms

63

field and service platforms

Live pages

615

topic and method pages

Standards

308

open for drafting

Open calls

8

13 working groups

Live pages checked 2026-10-21.
63
platforms
27
gateways
308
standards
8
open calls
01Routes

Start from who you are

Every route is a live page on the institution that runs it.

Routes

GCRINational institutions
National desk

Ministries, statistics offices and national agencies

GCRINational institutions
National model

Teams building a national risk model

GCRINational institutions
National portfolio

Planning and finance ministries

GCRINational institutions
National working groups

Experts organised by country

GCRINational institutions
Institutional participation

National institutions

GCRINational institutions
Leadership pathway

National leaders

GCRINational institutions
Country programme enquiry

Governments starting a country programme

GRFNational institutions
National councils

National leadership in governance

GRFNational institutions
National and regional contributions

Countries and regions contributing to the annual cycle

GRANational institutions
National portfolio interface

Finance for national portfolios

GRASectors and professions
Industry councils

Financial institutions by industry

GRASectors and professions
Professional working groups

Risk, actuarial and finance professionals

GRASectors and professions
Institutional members

Banks, insurers, funds and regulators

GCRISectors and professions
Infrastructure and industry

Operators of infrastructure and industry

GCRISectors and professions
Technology providers

Data, compute and software providers

GRFSectors and professions
Industry and standards constituency

Industry bodies and standard setters

ACDLearning
Risk Academy

Courses and learning paths for practitioners

GCRILearning
Academy and learning

Anyone building risk skills

GRALearning
Professional learning

Finance and insurance professionals

GCRILearning
Guilds and communities of practice

Practitioners by discipline

GCRILearning
Experts and students

Researchers, fellows and students

NXSStandards
Nexus Standards

The indicator, hazard and naming standards these pages are built on

GCRIStandards
Methods and standards

Method developers and reviewers

GRAStandards
Evidence and data standards

Data stewards in finance

GCRICommunities and research
Communities and civil society

Local organisations and civil society

GCRICommunities and research
Universities and researchers

Universities and research groups

GCRICommunities and research
Governments and public institutions

Public institutions at every level

GRFCommunities and research
Participate in the Forum

Institutions, leaders, experts and hosts

GRACommunities and research
Professional participation

Individual professionals

02By area

Every profile area has a home across the institutions

On each country site, the Areas page carries the full map for that country: platforms, topic pages, standards, methods, working groups, open calls and the national desk.

03Platforms

63 field and service platforms

GCRI runs the science, field and service platforms; GRF the governance platforms; GRA the finance platforms. 433 topic pages and 182 method pages are live across them.

PlatformInstitutionProfile areasCommunitiesLive pages
WaterField platformGCRIWater, ClimateBasin scientists, water utilities, municipal engineers17
FoodField platformGCRITrade, Food systems, ClimateAgricultural scientists, farmers, food processors16
EnergyField platformGCRIEnergy, ClimateGrid engineers, utility operators, energy scientists13
HealthField platformGCRIHealth securityPublic health, hospitals, clinicians15
BiodiversityField platformGCRIEnvironment and biodiversity, ClimateEcologists, conservation scientists, land managers16
RegistryService platformGCRIConflictProgramme stewards, librarians, auditors8
CampaignsService platformGCRIConflict, SocietyEducators, civic groups, researchers5
LabsService platformGCRIFrontier technology and innovationResearch teams, universities, engineers10
FoundryService platformGCRIFrontier technology and innovationEngineers, model builders, researchers11
AgencyService platformGCRIMacroeconomy and external position, ConflictEligible experts, project sponsors, institutions8
ReportsService platformGCRI—Researchers, editors, policy professionals8
Systemic Risk ManagementField platformGCRI—ERM leaders, risk scientists, resilience managers11
Climate and HazardsField platformGCRIClimate, Coping capacity and disaster financeClimatologists, meteorologists, risk modellers15
Disaster Resilience and RecoveryField platformGCRIClimate, Coping capacity and disaster financeDisaster scholars, emergency planners, recovery specialists14
Critical InfrastructureField platformGCRISocietyInfrastructure operators, engineers, utilities12
Cities and Built EnvironmentField platformGCRISocietyUrban researchers, city officials, planners12
Trade and Strategic ResourcesField platformGCRITradeTrade economists, logistics operators, mineral scientists8
Oceans and CoastsField platformGCRIEnvironment and biodiversity, ClimateMarine scientists, coastal planners, fisheries experts8
Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous SystemsField platformGCRIFrontier technology and innovationAI researchers, applied scientists, safety engineers10
Cybersecurity and Digital ResilienceField platformGCRIFrontier technology and innovationSecurity researchers, SOC practitioners, infrastructure defenders13
Data and ComputeField platformGCRIEnergy, Frontier technology and innovationData engineers, HPC specialists, cloud architects13
Quantum TechnologiesField platformGCRIFrontier technology and innovationQuantum physicists, security engineers, research universities9
Space and Earth ObservationField platformGCRIClimate, Frontier technology and innovationRemote-sensing scientists, space engineers, geospatial analysts11
Biotechnology and BiosecurityField platformGCRIFood systems, Health securityLife scientists, bioengineers, biosafety experts8
Advanced Industry and RoboticsField platformGCRITrade, SocietyIndustrial engineers, manufacturing researchers, automation specialists14
Economic DevelopmentField platformGCRIMacroeconomy and external positionDevelopment economists, policy researchers, economic planners9
Society and Human DevelopmentField platformGCRIConflict, SocietySocial scientists, humanitarian researchers, demographers5
Future of Work and SkillsField platformGCRIFrontier technology and innovation, SocietyLabour economists, educators, employers7
Digital Public InfrastructureField platformGCRIFrontier technology and innovationGovTech researchers, standards engineers, service designers9
Systems Science and ModellingField platformGCRI—10
ResearchField platformGRFConflictPolicy scholars, social scientists, international researchers8
InnovationField platformGRFFrontier technology and innovationInnovation policy, applied researchers, entrepreneurs8
PolicyField platformGRFConflictPolicy advisors, institutional analysts, international cooperation teams10
ForesightField platformGRF—Foresight practitioners, strategists, policymakers9
CapitalField platformGRFMacroeconomy and external position, Fiscal position and public debt, Financial systemPolicy economists, development experts, public institutions9
DiplomacyField platformGRFWater, Climate, ConflictInternational affairs scholars, public institutions, policy diplomats9
GovernanceField platformGRFConflictGovernance scholars, board specialists, compliance officers9
Climate and Nature GovernanceField platformGRFWater, Food systems, Environment and biodiversity, ClimateClimate governance researchers, environment agencies, regional bodies9
Disaster and Crisis GovernanceField platformGRFCoping capacity and disaster financeCrisis governance scholars, emergency leaders, public institutions8
AI and Digital GovernanceField platformGRFFrontier technology and innovationAI governance researchers, public authorities, digital rights specialists9
Health and Biosecurity GovernanceField platformGRFHealth securityHealth policy leaders, public health researchers, biosecurity governance specialists8
Information Integrity and Public TrustField platformGRFConflict, SocietyMedia researchers, science communicators, public institutions8
InsuranceField platformGRAHealth security, Climate, Coping capacity and disaster financeInsurance risk professionals, brokers and insurers, actuaries11
BankingField platformGRAFinancial system, ClimateBank risk professionals, credit officers, treasury12
Asset ManagementField platformGRAFinancial system, Environment and biodiversity, ClimatePortfolio researchers, investment managers, asset owners9
FintechField platformGRAFinancial system, Frontier technology and innovationFintech researchers, payments innovators, risk technologists7
Capital MarketsField platformGRAFinancial systemCapital market professionals, analysts, market infrastructure specialists10
Development FinanceField platformGRAMacroeconomy and external positionDFIs, policy economists, infrastructure risk specialists10
Private EquityField platformGRAFinancial systemPE operating partners, private-market analysts, portfolio professionals8
Institutional FundsField platformGRAFinancial system, SocietyPension leaders, endowment managers, trustees6
Financial RegulationField platformGRAFinancial system, ConflictRegulatory scholars, supervisors in personal professional capacity, compliance professionals8
Sovereign CapitalField platformGRAFiscal position and public debt, Financial systemSovereign fund specialists, public asset stewards, investment governance researchers9
Financial StabilityField platformGRAFinancial systemMacroprudential researchers, systemic-risk analysts, bank and market professionals10
Reinsurance and CatastropheField platformGRAClimate, Coping capacity and disaster financeReinsurance analysts, catastrophe modellers, actuaries11
Disaster Risk FinanceField platformGRAMacroeconomy and external position, Fiscal position and public debt, Coping capacity and disaster financeDisaster finance researchers, fiscal risk analysts, public sector risk teams10
Climate and Nature Financial RiskField platformGRAFinancial system, Environment and biodiversity, ClimateClimate risk professionals, risk modellers, finance disclosure specialists8
Payments and Market InfrastructureField platformGRAFinancial system, Frontier technology and innovationPayment-system researchers, FMI professionals, settlement technologists7
Financial Cyber and Operational ResilienceField platformGRAFinancial system, Frontier technology and innovationFinancial CISOs, operational risk officers, resilience specialists7
AI and Financial Model RiskField platformGRAFinancial system, Frontier technology and innovationModel risk teams, quantitative validators, responsible AI leads9
Financial Crime and Fraud RiskField platformGRAFinancial system, Conflict, Frontier technology and innovationFinancial crime analysts, fraud specialists, compliance researchers8
Public Finance and Sovereign DebtField platformGRAMacroeconomy and external position, Fiscal position and public debt, Coping capacity and disaster financePublic finance analysts, sovereign risk researchers, debt and fiscal specialists8
Private CreditField platformGRAFinancial systemPrivate-credit professionals, banking analysts, pension and insurer risk teams8
Actuarial and Quantitative RiskField platformGRAFinancial system, Coping capacity and disaster finance10
04Standards work

Draft, review and adopt the standards

308 Nexus Risk Standards are named and open for drafting. Experts join working groups through the open calls; applications go through Nexus Standards.

Working groupDraftsScope
Hazard familiesWG-HAZNRS-H*, NRS-C3Drafts the hazard family standards on the Nexus Hazard Standard Hazard Standard, family by family, with the hazard science community.
Indicators and indicesWG-INDNRS-C13, NRS-I2Drafts the indicator and composite standards on Indicator Standard and reviews Indicator Standard with its owners.
Methods and modelsWG-MTHNRS-M*, NRS-C2, NRS-C8, NRS-C9Drafts the method fabric standards on the model registry, with validation, uncertainty and VVUQ.
Ontology and vocabularyWG-ONTNRS-C1, NRS-A2, NRS-I6Maintains the Nexus risk ontology, the native vocabularies in SKOS, the alignment and the harmonisation groups.
Standards as code and developer toolingWG-DEVNRS-A1, NRS-A3, NRS-A6, NRS-C4Schemas, APIs, the agent interface, adoption kits, SDKs and reference implementations.
Conformance and assuranceWG-CNFNRS-C11, NRS-A4, NRS-S0Conformance levels and evidence quality levels in practice, test suites, attestation and zero-trust verification.
Anchor streams and the nexusWG-STRNRS-N*Water, energy, food, health, biodiversity and infrastructure, and their coupling.
Policy, rights and adoptionWG-POLNRS-P*, NRS-E6Policy and regulatory standards, rights and data responsibility, national adoption and country profiles.
Finance and insuranceWG-FINNRS-F*Finance, insurance, disclosure and risk transfer standards.
AI, agents and machine learning in risk workWG-AINRS-T1, NRS-T16, NRS-T17, NRS-A8, NRS-A9AI, agent and ML lifecycle risk, AI-ready data and evaluation suites.
Universe platforms and domain packsWG-UNVNRS-U*, NRS-K*Profiles of the Nexus Universe platforms and applied domain packs, with their stewards.
Academy and learningWG-ACDNRS-E3One learning module per standard, learning by doing and credentials issued by GCRI Canada.
Accessibility, plain language and translationWG-ACCNRS-A7, NRS-I5Plain-language summaries, translations and accessibility of every standard and page.
Open callSeeksCloses
Founding call for experts to the working groupsCALL-FOUNDING-EXPERTSexpert, editor, chair2026-12-15
Open nomination for the three independent expert seats of the Global Standards CouncilCALL-GSC-INDcouncil-member2026-12-01
Review of the wave-1 risk core outlines (C1, C2, C3, C4, C8, C10, C11)CALL-REVIEW-WAVE1contributor2027-01-31
Experts for the core standards of risk science: uncertainty and evidence grading, scales, structured expert judgement, tolerability, extremes and compound events, catastrophic and existential risk, ethics and equity, units and measurement (NRS-C17 to NRS-C24)CALL-CORE-SCIENCEexpert, editor, chair2027-01-31
Independent reviewers for the families of the hazard atlas, three from at least two regions for each family (NHS2-R19), priority families firstCALL-ATLAS-REVIEWexpert2027-03-31
Members of the interim Frontier Safety Review Panel and red-team reviewers (biosafety and biosecurity, AI safety and security, critical-infrastructure security); applications treated in confidenceCALL-FRONTIER-SAFETY-REVIEWexpert2026-11-30
Experts in ontology, metrology, software verification and conformity assessment for the requirement register, the NHS-2 machine representation, the conformance test suites and the conformity assessment schemeCALL-CONFORMANCE-ONTOLOGYexpert, editor2027-01-31
Technical review and comment on the preparatory working drafts of the programme, in forty-three technical review areas (notice NXS-STD-DC-000034)CALL-TECHNICAL-REVIEWcontributor, expert2027-02-12

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Start from your country: each country site's Areas page lists every platform, standard and national route for each area.