Latin America and the Caribbean region
The Latin America and the Caribbean programme connects the Amazon and Andean water systems, major agricultural export corridors, and Caribbean and Central American states exposed to hurricanes, sea-level rise and seismic risk. Country programmes lead; regional work makes evidence compatible across basins, ports and power systems so that small and large states can test the same questions on their own terms. The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) coordinates the region as Consortium Secretariat. It is recorded as in formation, with one planned hub that are coordination roles, not offices. Return to Six programme regions.
- 01In briefThe short answer
- 02Planned hubsCoverage by planned hub
- 03Shared systemsThe cross-border questions this region examines
- 04FocusDomains, tools and offerings in regional demand
- 05Key termsTerms used on this page
- 06StatusProgramme state and how to take part
GCRI · Institution · service level R0
The short answer.
The Latin America and the Caribbean region of Nexus Consortiums connects Amazon and Andean water systems, agricultural export corridors, and Caribbean and Central American states exposed to hurricanes, sea-level rise and seismic risk. Country programmes lead and regional work makes evidence compatible across basins, ports and power systems; the region is in formation.
Systemic exposure in the Caribbean.
Where people and networks concentrate, the exposure through which shocks travel between systems, in the Caribbean.
Coverage by planned hub.
Each planned hub coordinates shared-system work for a group of countries. No hub host decision is on record, so each is a planned coordination role rather than an operating site.
| Planned hub | Countries covered | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago | Amazon and basin systems, biodiversity, food, energy, land and bioeconomy dependencies. |
Mexico also takes part in the North America programme. Small island states keep their own country programmes and test the same questions on their own terms.
Domains, tools and offerings in regional demand.
Finance-readiness questions for the region's financial centres are translated by The Global Risks Alliance (GRA), which never lends, underwrites, rates or invests: sovereign catastrophe-risk and protection-gap questions for small island states; readiness evidence for climate-adaptation and infrastructure investment; agricultural and commodity-price transmission into public finances. See GRA's regional programmes.
- Priority domains: Water, food, biodiversity and land, climate and hazards, energy, finance and insurance, trade and supply chains.
- Foundry systems most used by regional missions: GRIx (data, evidence and risk products), EOP (earth-observation evidence), EWS (forecast verification and warning support), AAP (trigger evaluation and preparedness), DSS (scenarios and decision analysis), NorthStar (common operating picture).
- Offerings most relevant to regional demand: National Risk, Innovation and Portfolio Baseline; Multi-Hazard and Anticipatory-Action Preparedness; Cross-Border and Shared-System Missions; Finance, Insurance and Development Readiness; Leadership, Academy and Workforce Formation.
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 |
|---|---|
| Regional risk pool | A shared insurance facility, such as CCRIF SPC, that gives member governments parametric cover. |
| Storm surge | A storm-driven rise in sea level above the predicted tide. |
| Seismic hazard | The probability of a level of ground shaking being exceeded at a site in a given time. |
| Programme status | The recorded state of a programme on Nexus pages: exploring, forming, constituted, active, paused or archived. A plan is never presented as an activity. |
Programme state and how to take part.
State on record: in formation. No regional host is on record, and no named consortium programme is recorded in this region. The programme and its one planned hub are in formation. The current service level is R0: information and enquiries. Enquiries about the region go to the regional desk at latinamericacaribbean@therisk.global, or to the Secretariat at contact@therisk.global; the acknowledgement gives a reference and names the next step. Programme engagement follows the sanctions and eligibility policy of Nexus Foundry, and no desk or call to action is offered where engagement is not available.
Questions and answers.
Is there a GCRI office in Latin America and the Caribbean?
Does a country listed here have a national programme?
Who decides the regional agenda?
What role does The Global Risks Forum (GRF) play here?
Around GCRI.
Start with an enquiry.
The current service level is R0: information and enquiries. An enquiry receives a reference and names the next step; applications, payments, compute allocations and registrations open only when their team, terms and review capacity exist.