GCRI · Six programme regions
Latin America and the Caribbean region
Latin America and the Caribbean connect Amazon and Andean water systems, agricultural export corridors, and states exposed to hurricanes, sea-level rise and earthquakes. Country programmes lead. Regional work makes evidence compatible across basins, ports and power systems, so small and large states test the same questions on their own terms. In formation, with one planned hub (a coordination role, not an office). Part of Six programme regions.
01Contents
Latin America and the Caribbean region in four parts.
02Planned hubs
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.
03Geography
Hazards and exposure in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Flood water, population density and active fires over Latin America and the Caribbean, from NASA GIBS. Each layer carries its own date.
The interactive map needs JavaScript; the layer list and sources are below.
Layers 3
Hazards and exposure, for this page
About this layer
- Evidence
- Observed (clouds leave gaps)
- Source
- VIIRS Global Flood Product (NASA LANCE)
- Provider
- NASA LANCE
- Licence
- NASA open data
- Vintage
- daily; Satellite detection; clouds leave gaps
- Newest at build
- 2026-10-14
- Resolution
- about 250 m grid
- Uncertainty
- Satellite detection; clouds leave gaps. Satellite or model raster as the provider publishes it. Clouds, swath gaps and retrieval error leave gaps and noise; values are indicators, not measurements at a place.
- Reached through
- gibs.earthdata.nasa.gov, only after you allow the live map
About this layer
- Evidence
- Estimated
- Source
- Gridded Population of the World v4.11 (NASA SEDAC (CIESIN, Columbia University))
- Provider
- NASA SEDAC (CIESIN, Columbia University)
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Vintage
- null; Census-based estimate, static (2020)
- Resolution
- about 1 km grid
- Uncertainty
- Census-based estimate of people per square kilometre in 2020, shown as exposure context; not a count of people affected by any hazard.
- Reached through
- gibs.earthdata.nasa.gov, only after you allow the live map
About this layer
- Evidence
- Observed (clouds and overpass timing leave gaps)
- Source
- VIIRS NOAA-20 375 m (FIRMS) (NASA LANCE FIRMS)
- Provider
- NASA LANCE FIRMS
- Licence
- NASA open data
- Vintage
- daily; Satellite detection; clouds and overpass timing leave gaps
- Newest at build
- 2026-10-13
- Resolution
- about 500 m grid
- Uncertainty
- Satellite hot-spot detections for the day shown, including gas flares and industrial heat; not a confirmed fire, an incident report or a warning.
- Reached through
- gibs.earthdata.nasa.gov, only after you allow the live map
About this layer
- Evidence
- Observed (persistent cloud still leaves gaps)
- Source
- VIIRS NOAA-20 Level 3, 8-day (NASA LANCE)
- Provider
- NASA LANCE
- Licence
- NASA open data
- Vintage
- 8-day; Satellite 8-day composite; persistent cloud still leaves gaps
- Newest at build
- 2026-09-14
- Resolution
- about 1 km grid
- Uncertainty
- Satellite skin temperature of the ground over the 8 days ending on the date shown, a heat exposure indicator; not air temperature, heat index or a heat warning.
- Reached through
- gibs.earthdata.nasa.gov, only after you allow the live map
About this layer
- Evidence
- Observed
- Source
- VIIRS NOAA-20 corrected reflectance (NASA LANCE)
- Provider
- NASA LANCE
- Licence
- NASA open data
- Vintage
- daily; Satellite image
- Newest at build
- 2026-10-14
- Resolution
- about 250 m grid
- Uncertainty
- Satellite image. Satellite or model raster as the provider publishes it. Clouds, swath gaps and retrieval error leave gaps and noise; values are indicators, not measurements at a place.
- Reached through
- gibs.earthdata.nasa.gov, only after you allow the live map
About this layer
- Evidence
- Modelled (latest year GIBS publishes)
- Source
- MODIS Terra and Aqua land cover (MCD12Q1) (NASA LP DAAC)
- Provider
- NASA LP DAAC
- Licence
- NASA open data
- Vintage
- yearly; Satellite classification; latest year GIBS publishes
- Newest at build
- 2024-01-01
- Resolution
- about 500 m grid
- Uncertainty
- Satellite land cover classes for the year shown, including croplands; a classification with known errors, not a farm register.
- Reached through
- gibs.earthdata.nasa.gov, only after you allow the live map
Keyboard, with the map focused
Hold Ctrl or ⌘ and scroll to zoom
Latest available
NASA GIBS / EOSDIS · ASTER GDEM (METI, NASA) · Blue Marble (NASA) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Natural Earth
Loading the latest NASA imagery.
Drag to move. Ctrl or ⌘ and scroll, pinch or the buttons to zoom; hover for the values under the pointer; reset returns to the region.
Hazards and exposure, framed on Latin America and the Caribbean.Satellite and model products as NASA publishes them, each with its own date. They are indicators, not assessments of any place.
Data: NASA GIBS · ASTER GDEM · Blue Marble · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Natural Earth · NASA EONET · U.S. Geological Survey · NASA JPL OPERA DIST-ALERTSources and licences
- We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA’s Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA’s Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
- We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA’s Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA’s Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
- VIIRS near-real-time products (flood, land surface temperature, snow cover, corrected reflectance), NASA LANCE; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
- Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University. 2018. Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11. NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). doi:10.7927/H49C6VHW. CC BY 4.0
- NASA Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS), VIIRS 375 m active fire product, NASA LANCE; vector tiles via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
- MODIS land products (vegetation indices, gross primary production, land cover), NASA LP DAAC and LANCE; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
- ASTER GDEM is a product of METI and NASA (ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003, NASA LP DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). Cite as: NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Spacesystems and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team (2019). ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003. doi:10.5067/ASTER/ASTGTM.003. NASA open data
- Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com. Public domain
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via NASA GIBS (coastlines, boundaries, roads and place names). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). ODbL
- Blue Marble, NASA Earth Observatory; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into hexagonal cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
- Context on the globe and flat map: coastlines, boundaries, roads and place names from NASA GIBS reference layers (OpenStreetMap data, ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors); Blue Marble imagery as an optional base; 3D terrain and the elevation read-out from the ASTER GDEM elevation colour index (5 m to 200 m classes, exaggerated for legibility). Boundaries are drawn as published and imply no position on any territory.
- Live events: NASA Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker (EONET); events are indicative and keep their original source links.
- Live: NASA EONET Events are indicative, not authority warnings.
- Live: U.S. Geological Survey Events are indicative, not authority warnings.
- Observed (EO): NASA JPL OPERA DIST-ALERT (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026). We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA’s Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA’s Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS).
- NASA GIBS: We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA’s Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA’s Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS).
- River discharge forecast, 30 days with range (GloFAS via Open-Meteo): Contains modified Copernicus Emergency Management Service information 2026; not a flood warning.
- Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (https://open-meteo.com/), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Optional layers (11 sources in the layer list: live, forecast, observed and context) print their provider credit on the map and here when switched on; forecasts are model output and derived indices are estimates.
Layers and dates
- Flood water, 3-day composite: VIIRS Global Flood Product, NASA LANCE · 14 Oct 2026
- Population density, 2020: Population: CIESIN, Columbia University, Gridded Population of the World v4.11 (2018), NASA SEDAC, CC BY 4.0 · static
- Active fires and thermal anomalies: VIIRS NOAA-20 375 m (FIRMS), NASA LANCE FIRMS · 13 Oct 2026
- Land surface temperature, day, 8-day composite: VIIRS NOAA-20 Level 3, 8-day, NASA LANCE · 14 Sep 2026
- True colour: VIIRS NOAA-20 corrected reflectance, NASA LANCE · 13 Oct 2026
- Land cover type (IGBP), yearly: MODIS Terra and Aqua land cover (MCD12Q1), NASA LP DAAC · 2024
04Shared systems
The cross-border questions this region examines.
Amazon and Andean systems, hurricane-exposed islands and food corridors, with national ownership at the centre. Listing a country in a hub group does not by that fact give it a constituted programme.
| System | Question |
|---|---|
| Amazon and Andean water systems | How do deforestation, glacier retreat and rainfall change water, hydropower and food security across borders? |
| Canal and port continuity | How would low water at the Panama Canal or disruption at a hub port propagate through regional and global trade? |
| Hurricane and seismic exposure | Where do compound hazards meet concentrated public assets and limited fiscal space? |
| Agricultural export systems | Which climate, logistics and market dependencies drive volatility in staple and export crops? |
| Island energy and connectivity | How dependent are island states on imported fuel and single connectivity paths, and what continuity options exist? |
Shared-system work compares governed outputs and preserves dissent. It creates no treaty, sovereignty transfer or right to move data. See Cross-border risk systems.
05Governance and structure
How the institution is governed.
Governance
Technical office and Secretariat
Consortium · Governance · Research · Platforms · Programme year · Foundry · Standards · Reports · Take part · Foundry year · Reports year · Handoffs · Contributed capacity · Programme states · Records · Report streams · The programme year · A national mission · Mission admission · Data and resources qualified · Build accepted for exercise · Action Week live operation · Stand-down and evidence sealed · Publication authorised · Correction and renewal · The Nexus cycle · National Nexus · Regional programmes · Working groups · Competence Cells and CERT · Joining as institution · Governance dialogues · Platform onboarding · Foundry builds · Labs · Reports · Standards adoption · Risk Academy · Index data intake · Finance readiness dossier · The Nexus Consortium · Twenty-seven phase cycle · Executable annual cycle · Complaint and appeal · Engineering change · Incident response and forensics · Provider exit and decommissioning · De-risking case handoff · Founding and institutional establishment · Consortium formation lifecycle · National Nexus formation · Constitutional amendment · Independent review and appeal · Correction and contestability · Body charter and council · Succession · Public interest and anti-capture · External authority hand-off · Funding · Ethics · Public transparency · Data stewardship and trust · Gates G0 to G7 · Forming the annual agenda · Adopting a Nexus Standard · NNC membership · Year-One leadership pathway · Working-group assignment by competence · National company and SPV · Public-authority interface and delegation · Annual Universe operating cycle · Provider qualification
The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) is one institution working through two organisations, with GCRI Canada as Lead Institution, Consortium Secretariat and lead contracting organisation.
01 Two organisations
- 01GCRI CanadaStart · Canadian not-for-profit, OntarioLead Institution, Consortium Secretariat and lead contracting organisation.
- 02GCRI USStart · A separate organisationGCRI’s United States institution, with its own legal identity and responsibilities.
02 Secretariat and office
- 03Consortium SecretariatStep · GCRI CanadaCoordinates the programme and routes correspondence to the regional and country desks.
- 04Universe technical officeStep · GCRIScoping, qualification, the Core build, exercise control, evidence capture and closeout.
03 Roles of record
- 05Standards SecretariatRecord · GCRI CanadaGCRI Canada is Secretariat and publisher of record of the Nexus Standards.
- 06Academy issuer of recordRecord · GCRI CanadaNo credential is issued until the method, signing key and revocation path are on record.
- 07Reports publisherRecord · GCRIGCRI publishes Reports. The Global Risks Forum (GRF) authorises publication at G6.
04 Limit
- 08Never regulates, certifies, licenses or approvesGate · GCRIFindings carry their methods and uncertainty. GCRI decides for no one.
- 09Authority decidesOutcome · The competent authorityDecisions and execution stay with the government, operator or licensed institution.
GCRI · GCRI Canada · GCRI USAn outline of how the work is designed to run; it does not report the status of any decision or record.
06Focus
Domains, tools and offerings in regional demand.
The Global Risks Alliance (GRA) reads this region’s evidence for finance: 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. GRA never lends, underwrites, rates or invests. See its 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: NXS-GRX (canonical data, provenance and risk) (data, evidence and risk products), NXS-EOP (earth observation and digital twins) (earth-observation evidence), NXS-EWS (multi-hazard monitoring and warning) (forecast verification and warning support), NXS-AAP (anticipatory action and triggers) (trigger evaluation and preparedness), NXS-DSS (decision cases and deliberation) (scenarios and decision analysis), NXS-NST (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.
07Status
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. Information and enquiries are open today. Write to the regional desk at the contact form (Latin America and Caribbean desk) or the Secretariat at the contact form. The acknowledgement gives a reference and names the next step. Engagement follows the Foundry sanctions and eligibility policy. Where it is not available, no desk or call to action appears.
08Questions
Questions and answers.
Is there a GCRI office in Latin America and the Caribbean?
No. The planned hubs are coordination roles, not offices, and no hub host decision is on record.
Does a country listed here have a national programme?
Not by that fact. Listing records research coverage and the scope for formation enquiries; each country’s own state is shown on Countries and research profiles.
Who decides the regional agenda?
National programmes set their own agendas. Regional work compares compatible evidence on shared systems; no regional body binds a country, and withdrawal never erases other parties’ lawful work.
What role does The Global Risks Forum (GRF) play here?
GRF leads institutional dialogue and the governance of Universe across the programme. Its regional view is on Regional cooperation.
The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation
Bring a method, a dataset or a question.
Information and enquiries are open today. 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.
Legal
Legal documents.
Maps, data and figures on this site are shown for context and general information. They are not advice, forecasts or warnings; the limits of the information are set out in the Disclaimers and Data Notices.