Global Risks Forum 2025
The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI)

Anticipatory Action

In the Anthropocene era, the interdependencies between water, food, energy, and health systems underscore the critical need for a cohesive approach to sustainable development and resilience building. Anticipatory Action under the Nexus Paradigm offers a transformative approach to addressing the intertwined challenges of climate change, resource management, and humanitarian crises. By integrating cutting-edge technology and fostering collaborative governance, the Nexus Ecosystem builds resilience and promotes sustainable development. Its holistic approach help critical sectors mitigates risks and empowers communities with epistemic knowledge and technology transfer, ensuring that they are better prepared to face future disruptions. In doing so, the Nexus Paradigm sets a new standard for proactive, integrated, and sustainable management of the planet's critical resources

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Nexus Analytics
Utilizing advanced algorithms and machine learning models to forecast potential disruptions across the water, food, energy, and health sectors. For instance, predicting droughts that could impact water supply and agricultural yield, thereby affecting food security and public health
Geospatial Intelligence
GIS technology is integrating and analyzing spatial data from water resources, agricultural fields, energy infrastructure, and health facilities. This is enabling detailed mapping of areas where a shortage in one resource (e.g., water) could cascade to affect food production, energy supply, and public health
Smart Alert Systems
Smart alert systems are sending notifications based on predefined thresholds related to nexus parameters. For example, if water levels in a reservoir fall below a critical point, the system is automatically alerting farmers, energy producers, and health officials to take necessary actions
Remote Sensing
Remote sensing technology is using satellites and drones to monitor environmental conditions affecting the nexus, such as water quality, crop health, and energy infrastructure stability. For example, satellite imagery is tracking water levels in reservoirs, while drones are assessing crop health and energy infrastructure after a storm
Smart Technologies
Smart tech sensors are continuously monitoring key parameters across the nexus, such as soil moisture, air and water quality, energy consumption, and health indicators. These devices are providing real-time data for early warning systems, helping to detect and respond to potential disruptions in the Nexus Ecosystem
Competence Cells
Developing mobile apps to facilitate ILA, WILPs, MPM, CRS, iVRS and GRIx with farmers, energy providers, and health workers. Local Nexus Competence Cells (NCCs) are empowered to engage communities and disseminate early warnings about water shortages, crop failures, energy disruptions, or disease outbreaks using robust technology and epistemic knowledge infrastructure
Nexus Governance
Utilizing data-driven insights to inform policy-making and governance strategies across water, food, energy, and health sectors. Providing governance bodies with early warnings about potential disruptions, enabling proactive policy responses. Offering platforms that support integrated governance decision-making by modeling scenarios and assessing policy impacts. Ensuring transparent and accountable allocation of funds for governance initiatives within the nexus
Early Warning Systems
EWS in the Nexus Ecosystem are combining real-time data from sensors, satellites, and other sources to detect threats like extreme weather events, water contamination, or disease outbreaks. These systems are designed to alert authorities and the public, allowing for timely interventions to protect interconnected sectors
Decision Support Systems
DSS platforms in the Nexus Ecosystem are aggregating data from water, food, energy, and health sectors, modeling different scenarios, and providing actionable insights to decision-makers. These systems are helping plan integrated responses, such as reallocating water resources during a drought to protect both agriculture and public health
Decentralized Finance
Blockchain technology is ensuring the transparent allocation and tracking of funds for nexus security projects in zero trust permissioned environment. For example, blockchain is managing and disbursing funds for water conservation, renewable energy projects, or health infrastructure improvements, ensuring resources are used efficiently with data integrity and transparency
Data Commons
Leveraging shared data resources to enhance predictive modeling and analysis across sectors. Utilizing common data sources to enhance the accuracy and reach of early warning systems. Building shared infrastructure for integrating and managing data from diverse sources within the nexus. Gathering real-time data from IoT devices to support ongoing nexus assessments and update findings dynamically
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The Nexus Reports provide comprehensive evaluations of country-specific risks and opportunities, focusing on biodiversity, ecosystem services, climate change vulnerabilities, socio-economic risks, the food-water-energy nexus, and exponential technologies. Drawing on authoritative sources, these reports offer tailored policy recommendations, detailed analyses, and practical case studies, integrating global scientific research to manage risks and drive sustainable development

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The International Journal of Global Risks and Governance (IJRG) is revolutionizing the understanding and management of global challenges with an integrated nexus approach. Aspiring to be the first decentralized scientific journal in global risks, IJRG leverages Web3 principles to foster an open, transparent, and collaborative ecosystem for researchers, policymakers, and practitioners

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Learning
Quests
Leveraging WILPs for Twin Digital-Green Transition
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Impact
Bounties
Integration Process Pathways for Tackling ESG Issues
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Innovation
Builds
Crowdsourcing CCells for Integrated Research & Innovation

Building Tribes for Impact

Members can join working groups on the network platforms to operate as transition arenas, taking on specific challenges related to ESG issues. Each group works at national, regional, or local levels in a semi-autonomous mode with its own rules, logic, incentives, and assessment mechanisms. Working Groups leverage the full potential of the GCRI's multi-platform network to engage QH stakeholders, generate consensus, assemble CCells, create credit pools and manage teams across different disciplines. A competence cell is conceived as a small production unit which functions as a Digital Twin to simulate risks and innovation in large-scale projects. Competence Cells encourage various actors from QH to sponsor LLL programs and support micro-credentials through WILPs for upskilling, risk mitigation, and resilience building.

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