The Global Risks Index
NXS-GRX solutions · Public sector

Cities and infrastructure operators

Read hexagon-level hazard and dependency layers for planning, investment and continuity.

Page GRX-SOL-CITIESEdition Baseline Edition 2026Evidence close 2026-09-30Values not yet publishedSnapshot 31a753f76
on: studio project created · Build a custom index in Index Studio9 jobs · 2 gates · 5 checks
  1. Define scope and questioninstant
  2. Select indicatorsself-serve
  3. Licence and coverage gateautomatic
  4. Harmonise and impute1 hour
  5. Normalise, weight and aggregateself-serve
  6. Uncertainty: 1,000 draws1 hour
  7. Validation suite1 hour
  8. Method review5 days
  9. Publish to your tenantinstant
01Need

What this solution does

Read hexagon-level hazard and dependency layers for planning, investment and continuity.

Prioritise prevention and preparedness

Plan with subnational layers

Track Sendai targets

Co-develop a national index

02Featured run

Build a custom index in Index Studio

Compose an index for a portfolio, sector, city or supply chain on the Indicator Standard grammar, with the same uncertainty, tests and provenance as NXS-GRX (canonical data, provenance and risk) itself.

on: studio project created
Build a custom index in Index Studio
In progressTriggered by You9 jobs2 approval gates2 matrix jobs5 checks1 deployment
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Timeline
Job0 d1 d2 d3 d4 d5 dTarget
Define scope and questionYouinstant
Select indicatorsYouinstant
Licence and coverage gateNXS-GRX run serviceinstant
Harmonise and imputeNXS-GRX run service1 h
Normalise, weight and aggregateYouinstant
Uncertainty: 1,000 drawsMonte Carlo engine1 h
Validation suiteNXS-GRX run service1 h
Method reviewIndex editors5 d
Publish to your tenantNXS-GRX Platforminstant

End to end on the longest path: about 5.1 d of proposed target service levels. Gates wait for the people named; bars with a fading end have no fixed length.

Steps
  1. Define scope and question
    Scope · You · instant
    Entities: countries, ADM areas, sites or assets · Question and decision the index serves · Risk-chain components to cover
    Index Studio
  2. Select indicators
    Scope · You · self-serve
    Search 451 indicator definitions · Add your own indicators · Polarity and unit checked
    Index Studioindicator standard
  3. Licence and coverage gate approval
    Data · NXS-GRX run service · automatic
    Each input's licence checked for the use · Coverage per entity measured · Gaps flagged, never zero-filled
    Licence registerPostgreSQL ledger (row-level security)
  4. Harmonise and impute matrix · indicators × entities
    Data · NXS-GRX run service · 1 hour
    Units and periods aligned · Flagged imputation only at indicator level
    NXS-GRX run serviceindicator standard
  5. Normalise, weight and aggregate
    Construct · You · self-serve
    Normalisation per indicator · Expert or statistical weights · Geometric, arithmetic or penalised aggregation
    Index StudioTested model kernels
  6. Uncertainty: 1,000 draws matrix · 1,000 draws
    Construct · Monte Carlo engine · 1 hour
    Weights, normalisation and imputation varied · 90% intervals and class probabilities
    Monte Carlo engine
  7. Validation suite
    Test · NXS-GRX run service · 1 hour
    Internal coherence · Sensitivity (Sobol) · Correlation with established indices · Leave-one-out stability
    Verification engineTested model kernels
  8. Method review approval
    Test · Index editors · 5 days
    Method and tests reviewed · Disposition recorded
    PostgreSQL ledger (row-level security)
  9. Publish to your tenant
    Ship · NXS-GRX Platform · instant
    API endpoint and tiles · Dashboard and embeds · Model card
    Private tenant (row-level security)Public cut APIVector tiles
Artifacts
ArtifactJobWhoStage
Studio projectDefine scope and questionYouScope
Indicator setSelect indicatorsYouScope
Coverage reportLicence and coverage gateNXS-GRX run serviceData
Harmonised panelHarmonise and imputeNXS-GRX run serviceData
Method recordNormalise, weight and aggregateYouConstruct
Draws file with seedUncertainty: 1,000 drawsMonte Carlo engineConstruct
Validation reportValidation suiteNXS-GRX run serviceTest
Review noteMethod reviewIndex editorsTest
Index endpointPublish to your tenantNXS-GRX PlatformShip
Model cardPublish to your tenantNXS-GRX PlatformShip
DoneIn progressWaiting for approvalQueuedApproval gateMatrix jobTest jobDeploymentYou are here
Compose an index for a portfolio, sector, city or supply chain on the Indicator Standard grammar, with the same uncertainty, tests and provenance as NXS-GRX itself. The canvas shows where a request stands at the marked job; it is an illustration, not the status of a real request. Durations are proposed target service levels. Select a job for its steps, the people who act, the technology it runs on and what it produces.
05Series

Series most read

GLBGlobal SystemsThe state of interdependent global risk: the twenty domain indices aggregated to the world, the five core systems (water, energy, food, health, biodiversity) and their couplings, the global tail register and the gap between perceived and measured risk.GS-01Global WaterAccess, scarcity, quality, floods and droughts, groundwater depletion, transboundary dependency and the couplings of water to energy, food, health and nature.GS-02Global EnergySupply adequacy, import dependency, grid reliability, affordability, extreme-weather exposure, critical minerals and transition pathways.GS-03Global Food and agrifoodAcute and chronic food insecurity, production shocks, import dependency, prices, fertiliser and logistics chokepoints, nutrition and pollination dependency.GS-04Global HealthHealth security capacity, epidemic emergence and spread, heat and air-quality burden, health system stress and access.GS-05Global Finance and economyFiscal and public debt risk, financial stability, external dependence, inflation and growth at risk, and the macro-financial channels of physical and transition risk.GS-06Global DevelopmentPoverty, inequality, human development, demographic pressure and displacement as the ground on which shocks become losses.GS-07Global ClimateChronic and acute physical climate hazard, transition exposure, adaptation gaps and scenario pathways to 2030, 2050 and 2100.GS-08Global DisasterMulti-hazard exposure, disaster losses and mortality, return-period losses, protection gaps and coping capacity.

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