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Mandate and publisher

Mandate and publisher

Climate and Hazards is a specialist platform of The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI), in development at its canonical address. Its mandate is hazard science: physical climate risks, weather extremes, geohazards and the ways hazards interact, grounded in observed and modelled evidence. This page sets out who publishes it, why it exists as a separate platform, what it never does and where it stands.

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In this dossier6 parts
  1. 01In briefThe short answer
  2. 02MandateHazard science, with uncertainty in plain view
  3. 03PublisherWho is responsible
  4. 04LimitsWhat Climate and Hazards does not do
  5. 05Key termsTerms used on this page
  6. 06ConnectionsWhere the platform sits

GCRI · In development · service level R0

STEM methods
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Canonical methods this field applies
Topics
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Subject pages in the field
Counterparts
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Platforms in shared fields at GCRI, GRF and GRA
Report series
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Nexus Reports series it contributes to
01In brief

The short answer.

Climate and Hazards is a specialist platform of The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation for climate and hazards as well as disaster and crisis. Its mandate covers physical climate risks, weather extremes and hazard interactions grounded in observed and modelled evidence. GCRI publishes it, answers for its content and takes no decision on anyone's behalf. It is in development at service level R0, and activities open as each is ready.

02Canvas

Mandate to authority.

Canvas · mandate to authorityDesign, not a record
How Climate and Hazards is governedA mandate sets the platform's scope; an editor and reviewers govern what it publishes; programmes and the community supply the work; the integrity route handles corrections; authority over decisions stays outside. Design of the governance, not a record.

Fig.How the platform is governed, from its mandate to the authorities who decide. Design, not a record.

03Geography

People and hazards in World.

For mandate and publisher, in GCRI's spatial-intelligence reading, the map opens on population density, true-colour imagery and flood water with true colour from NASA GIBS, framed on World; 3 further NASA layers wait in the list.

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Layers 3

People and hazards, for this page

Latest available

NASA GIBS / EOSDIS · ASTER GDEM (METI, NASA) · Blue Marble (NASA) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Natural Earth

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For mandate and publisher, in GCRI's spatial-intelligence reading, the map opens on population density, true-colour imagery and flood water with true colour from NASA GIBS, framed on World; 3 further NASA layers wait in the list.Satellite and model products as NASA publishes them, each with its own date; indicators, not assessments of any place; claim ceiling INTEGRATED.

Data: NASA GIBS · ASTER GDEM · Blue Marble · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Natural Earth · GDACS · Copernicus Sentinel-2 L2A · NASA HLS S30Sources 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 H3 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 H3 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 H3 cells where shown (modified). CC BY 4.0
  • 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 H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • VIIRS Black Marble night-time lights, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; distributed by the NASA Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System (LAADS DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • 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 H3 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 H3 cells where shown (modified). 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 H3 cells where shown (modified). ODbL
  • Blue Marble, NASA Earth Observatory; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 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.
  • Globe: MapLibre GL JS 6.9.1, BSD-3-Clause, © MapLibre contributors.
  • Live: GDACS (EC JRC / UN OCHA) Events are indicative, not official warnings.
  • Observed (EO): Copernicus Sentinel-2 L2A (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026), Microsoft Planetary Computer
  • Observed (EO): NASA HLS S30 (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).
  • Optional layers (5 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

  • Population density, 2020: Population: CIESIN, Columbia University, Gridded Population of the World v4.11 (2018), NASA SEDAC, CC BY 4.0 · static
  • True colour: VIIRS NOAA-20 corrected reflectance, NASA LANCE · 13 Oct 2026
  • Flood water, 3-day composite: VIIRS Global Flood Product, NASA LANCE · 14 Oct 2026
  • Night-time lights, daily: VIIRS Black Marble (VNP46A2), NASA LAADS DAAC · 12 Oct 2026
  • Land surface temperature, day, 8-day composite: VIIRS NOAA-20 Level 3, 8-day, NASA LANCE · 14 Sep 2026
  • Active fires and thermal anomalies, last day: VIIRS NOAA-20 375 m (FIRMS), NASA LANCE FIRMS · 13 Oct 2026

04Mandate

Hazard science, with uncertainty in plain view.

The platform's thesis is physical climate risks, weather extremes and hazard interactions grounded in observed and modelled evidence.

Observe

What has happened

Trends and extremes in the observational record, and the reference periods used to measure them.

Model

What could happen

Hazard models and climate scenarios, read with their assumptions and ensemble spread.

Explain

What it means

Regional risk explainers and statements of what scenarios cannot tell a user.

05Publisher

Who is responsible.

GCRI publishes Climate and Hazards and answers for what appears on it. GCRI works across Canada and the United States. GCRI is a research, development and policy institution; its findings carry their methods and uncertainty.

The platform exists separately because hazard science has its own community, methods and standards of evidence, and because it needs to stay distinct from disaster coordination. Climate and Hazards is in development. Its pages set out its scope and how it is designed to work, and its activities, records and outputs are published here as each one opens. The current service level is R0: information and enquiries.

06Limits

What Climate and Hazards does not do.

  • It does not issue forecasts, warnings or alerts, and it does not replace national meteorological, hydrological or geological services.
  • It does not coordinate emergency response or direct evacuations.
  • It does not regulate, certify, license or approve any model, product, site or design.
  • Its scenarios are not predictions, and its outputs are not engineering design values unless a competent authority adopts them.
  • Taking part confers no appointment or authority, and sponsorship confers no editorial control.

In an emergency, follow the instructions of your national or local authorities.

07Key terms

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.

TermDefinition
Service level R0The current service level of Nexus pages: information and enquiries only. An enquiry receives a reference and a named next step; it creates no membership, contract, assignment or commitment.
Conflict of interestA situation in which financial, professional or personal interests could compromise, or appear to compromise, judgement in research or review.
HazardA process, phenomenon or human activity that may cause loss of life, injury or other health impacts, property damage, social and economic disruption or environmental degradation, in UNDRR terminology.
Climate extremeA value of a weather or climate variable above or below a threshold near the ends of its observed range.
08Connections

Where the platform sits.

Climate and Hazards belongs to the climate and hazards and disaster and crisis fields. Its governance counterparts are Climate and Nature Governance and Disaster and Crisis Governance at The Global Risks Forum (GRF), and its finance counterparts include Reinsurance and Catastrophe at The Global Risks Alliance (GRA). Read the field overview and dependencies and consequences.

09Questions

Questions and answers.

Is Climate and Hazards a separate organization?
No. It is a specialist platform of The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI), which publishes it.
Can I use the platform's material for engineering design?
Not directly. Design values come from codes, standards and authorities. Published evidence states its methods and limits so that qualified professionals can judge whether and how to use it.
Who can I contact?
Write to the Consortium Secretariat at contact@therisk.global or see contact the specialist team.
What is the current status?
Climate and Hazards is in development. Its pages set out its scope and how it is designed to work, and its activities, records and outputs are published here as each one opens. The current service level is R0: information and enquiries.
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