Public–Private–Planet
Nexus Consortiums are built on a public-private-planet partnership: public institutions, private operators and the interests of people and ecosystems that have no seat by default, working on shared risks. The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) publishes the doctrine that governs this cooperation, the safeguards against capture by any one interest and the boundaries of authority that no participant can cross. Cooperation is valuable only if no one can buy its conclusions. Return to How Nexus Consortium works.
- Institution
- The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI)
- Service level
- R0: information and enquiries
Country programme console
Public–Private–Planet · Country programme A · Month 10
Programme
- Formationdossier
- National Deskstaffed
- National Modelbuild
- Portfoliooptions
- Annual missiontest
- Reportedition
System coupling
dependency strength, 0 to 100
Placeholder strengths a National Model replaces with estimates.
Evidence ledger
| Reservoir storage | OBSERVED | National Desk |
| Hydropower output | MODELLED | Technical office |
| Grid stress | SCENARIO | Technical office |
| Hospital continuity | ESTIMATED | Health ministry |
GCRI · Country programme consoleCountry programme console, in outline: domain structure with placeholder names and illustrative values, not a record.
The short answer.
The public-private-planet partnership is the doctrine of Nexus Consortiums for cooperation between public institutions, private operators and the interests of people and ecosystems that have no seat by default. GCRI publishes the safeguards against capture by any one interest and the boundaries of authority that no participant, sponsor or regulator can cross.
Systemic exposure in the contiguous United States.
Where people and networks concentrate, the exposure through which shocks travel between systems, shown for the contiguous United States as an example geography for this subject.
Three interests, one shared question.
Public institutions
Ministries, agencies, subnational and municipal government, and regulators, each acting under its own mandate.
Operators and enterprises
Utilities, infrastructure and service operators, enterprises and financial institutions that run or finance essential systems.
People and ecosystems
Communities, Indigenous and place-based institutions, and the ecosystems that regulate water, soils and climate.
How institutions are organized in national programmes.
| Constituency | Who takes part |
|---|---|
| State and Public Authorities | Ministries, agencies, subnational and municipal government |
| Industry and Operators | Enterprises, utilities, infrastructure and service operators |
| Academia and Research | Universities, institutes, laboratories and research networks |
| Civil Society and Media | Civil society, labour, professional bodies and independent media |
| Community and Indigenous | Communities, Indigenous and place-based institutions |
| Financial Institutions and Regulators | A cross-cutting pathway for finance, insurance and supervision |
Safeguards no contribution can override.
- No support buys appointments, findings, consent or procurement advantage.
- Institutional membership does not create a council seat, and no contribution decides a technical conclusion or public authority.
- Precompetitive work never shares competitors' confidential information.
- Protected community knowledge never enters public examples or model training, and no fee is charged to raise a harm.
- Dissent and adverse findings are preserved in the record.
Terms used on this page.
Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Public-private-planet | The Consortium's term for cooperation that brings public institutions, private actors and the condition of natural systems into the same decision, so that costs to nature are counted. |
| Public-private partnership | A long-term contract between a public body and a private party to provide a public asset or service, in which the private party bears significant risk and management responsibility and is paid by performance. |
| Regulatory capture | The situation in which a regulator comes to serve the interests of those it regulates rather than the public. |
| Sponsor neutrality | The principle that a campaign's funder does not control its findings, claims or editorial decisions. |
Questions and answers.
Can a company buy influence over findings?
Who speaks for the planet?
What happens if a participant breaks these rules?
Do regulators gain special access by taking part?
Around GCRI.
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