Bahamas

Excellencies,

We, the undersigned institutions, experts, and stakeholders committed to systemic foresight, responsible innovation, and sustainable resilience governance, respectfully submit this appeal for the formal recognition and institutional support of the National Working Group for The Bahamas (NWG–Bahamas) and the Nexus Ecosystem (NE), developed by the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI).

The Bahamas today faces urgent and interconnected systemic risks:
Accelerating sea-level rise, increasing frequency and severity of hurricanes, coastal flooding and erosion, degradation of marine biodiversity, food and water security challenges, and energy transition pressures.
These vulnerabilities align directly with the foresight imperatives outlined in the Pact for the Future, requiring sovereign, anticipatory, and innovation-centered resilience strategies.

The Bahamas' leadership in climate diplomacy, marine conservation, and small island resilience provides a powerful strategic foundation. However, the deepening complexity of systemic risks demands strengthened systemic foresight infrastructures, anticipatory governance mechanisms, and sovereign digital public goods.

The National Working Group for The Bahamas (NWG–Bahamas) addresses these systemic needs by:

• Embedding systemic foresight, disaster risk governance, and anticipatory policy innovation into The Bahamas' frameworks for climate adaptation, coastal and marine ecosystem protection, food and water security, clean energy transition, and sustainable tourism development;

• Strengthening early warning systems, dynamic risk scenario simulation infrastructures, and systemic foresight platforms aligned with the operational mandates of the Emergency Platform;

• Mobilizing distributed expertise across ministries, marine and environmental research institutions, tourism and urban planning authorities, renewable energy sectors, private sector leaders, and civil society networks;

• Institutionalizing sustainability and systemic foresight governance frameworks aligned with the Declaration on Future Generations.

NWG–Bahamas’ operational foundation is the Nexus Ecosystem (NE) — a sovereign, cloud-agnostic, open-access digital public goods platform that:

• Provides disaster risk modeling, anticipatory policy simulation infrastructures, innovation ecosystem foresight mapping, and sustainable development governance monitoring systems;

• Embeds responsible digital governance standards, cybersecurity resilience protocols, sovereign data protections, and AI ethics aligned with the Global Digital Compact;

• Supports the development of holistic resilience, sustainability, and well-being indicators aligned with the Beyond GDP Initiative, reinforcing The Bahamas’ leadership in systemic foresight and sustainable governance.

Together, NWG–Bahamas and the Nexus Ecosystem provide The Bahamas with sovereign, scalable, and future-ready infrastructures to operationalize systemic foresight, sustainable innovation ecosystems, and resilient governance.

Accordingly, we respectfully request:

1. Formal Recognition of NWG–Bahamas as a national and international platform advancing systemic disaster risk foresight, anticipatory governance innovation, sovereign digital resilience, and sustainable development leadership under the Pact for the Future;

2. Institutional and Financial Support, enabling NWG–Bahamas’ full integration into multilateral resilience financing frameworks, anticipatory governance hubs, and sovereign digital public goods initiatives;

3. Recognition of the Nexus Ecosystem (NE) as a sovereign digital public good essential for The Bahamas’ disaster risk intelligence infrastructures, anticipatory policy simulation platforms, innovation ecosystem monitoring, and sustainable governance frameworks;

4. Framework Integration, ensuring systematic inclusion of NWG–Bahamas and NE outputs into global disaster risk dashboards, anticipatory governance hubs, innovation ecosystems, and Pact for the Future foresight monitoring mechanisms.

The systemic resilience and sustainable development challenges facing The Bahamas and the broader Small Island Developing States (SIDS) context demand sovereign, anticipatory, and digitally sovereign infrastructures.
NWG–Bahamas and the Nexus Ecosystem offer a transformational, scalable, and future-ready pathway for systemic foresight, responsible innovation ecosystems, and resilient governance.

In full alignment with the Charter of the United Nations and the transformational ambitions articulated in the Pact for the Future, we submit this appeal and reaffirm our commitment to collaborative action, systemic foresight leadership, responsible innovation, and sustainable governance for The Bahamas.

Respectfully submitted,