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AAP

Anticipatory Action Plans (AAP) are the strategic resource allocation engine, optimizing how financial, human, and technological assets are deployed based on real-time risk insights. Grounded in reinforcement learning and smart contract-based governance, it shifts from reactive to proactive crisis management,…

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Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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ALB

Academic Leadership Board (ALB)

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BI

Business Intelligence (BI)

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BoT

Board of Trustees (BoT)

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Capacity

The combination of all the strengths, attributes and resources available within an organisation, community or society to manage and reduce disaster risks and strengthen resilience (UNDRR terminology).

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Cascading risk

Risk that an initial impact propagates through dependencies, such as power to water to health services, producing secondary impacts larger than or distant from the first event.

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CB

Central Bureau (CB)

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CCell

Competence Cell (CCell) A competence cell (CCell) includes all the skills and local ingredients needed for a successful digital-green transition. It builds a crowdsourced pool of data, knowledge, and skills that emerge in a particular context. CCell can be seen…

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CI

Collective Intelligence (CI)

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CI/CD

Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD)

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Climate risk

The potential for adverse consequences for human or ecological systems from climate change, arising from the impacts of climate change and from human responses to it (IPCC).

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Climate scenario analysis

Assessing how an organisation or financial system would fare under a set of plausible, internally consistent climate and policy pathways; scenarios illustrate possibilities and are not forecasts (NGFS).

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CoA

Certificate of Achievement (CoA)

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CoE

Certificate of Excellence (CoE)

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CoI

Certificate of Impact (CoI)Impact Certificates

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Compound and cascading climate risk

Climate risks that combine with each other or with non-climatic risks, or propagate through connected systems, making them more complex and difficult to manage (IPCC AR6).

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Compound event

An event with significant impact produced by a combination of multiple climate drivers and/or hazards, such as heat and drought together, whose joint risk exceeds the sum of single-hazard estimates (Zscheischler et al., 2018).

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Consequence

The outcome of an event affecting objectives; it can be certain or uncertain, positive or negative, and can escalate through cascading and cumulative effects (ISO 31000:2018, 3.6).

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Control

A measure that maintains and/or modifies risk; controls may not always exert the intended or assumed modifying effect (ISO 31000:2018, 3.8).

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CoQ

Certificate of Qualifications (CoQ)

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CRS

Credit Rewards System (CRS) provides integrated tokenized rewards for participation, engagement and verification in the MPM. Learn More

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CSR

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

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Damage function

A model relationship that translates changes in climate variables, such as temperature and precipitation, into economic losses, used in scenarios such as the NGFS long-term scenarios to estimate physical risk.

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DICE

Decentralized Innovation Commons Ecosystem (DICE) is a governance model for quadruple helix that allows plurality, consensus and collective intelligence for managing innovation commons in a zero-trust environment. Learn More

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Disaster risk

The potential loss of life, injury, or destroyed or damaged assets in a system, society or community in a specific period, determined probabilistically as a function of hazard, exposure, vulnerability and capacity (UNDRR).

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Disaster risk assessment

A qualitative or quantitative approach to determine the nature and extent of disaster risk by analysing potential hazards and evaluating existing conditions of exposure and vulnerability (UNDRR terminology).

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Disaster risk reduction

Aimed at preventing new and reducing existing disaster risk and managing residual risk, all of which contribute to strengthening resilience and the achievement of sustainable development (UNDRR terminology).

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DLB

Deliberation Committee (DLB)

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DLG

Delegation Committee (DLG)

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DLT

Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)

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DRF

Disaster Risk Finance (DRF) refers to the suite of financial strategies, instruments, and mechanisms designed to manage and transfer the financial risks associated with disasters. This includes insurance, catastrophe bonds, contingency funds, and risk pooling arrangements that ensure pre‑allocated resources…

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DRI

Disaster Risk Intelligence (DRI) is an integrated, data‑driven discipline that combines advanced technologies (such as AI, machine learning, IoT, blockchain, and big data analytics) with risk management practices to anticipate, assess, and mitigate disaster risks. It involves transforming raw data…

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DRR

Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) is a systematic approach aimed at reducing the damage caused by all hazards through prevention, preparedness, and mitigation measures. It involves planning, policy, and community-based initiatives to minimize vulnerabilities, build resilience, and reduce the human, economic,…

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DS/DT

Decision Support System with Digital Twins (DS/DT)

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DSS

Decision Support Systems (DSS) are the primary interface through which policymakers, analysts, and community leaders interact with NE insights. Using interactive dashboards, geospatial analytics, and API-driven intelligence, it translates complex risk data from OP, EWS, and GRIX into intuitive visuals…

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eCredits

Engagement Credit Rewards (eCredits)

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ECT

Eath Cooperation Treaty (ECT) is an international Treaty proposal on legal models in intellectual property rights that can support open collaboration for global risk mitigation and resilience building. Learn More

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EDI

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

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EIA

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

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EIC

Environmental Impact Certificate (EIC)

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ELB

Engineering Leadership Board (ELB)

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Enterprise risk management

In COSO’s 2017 framework, the culture, capabilities and practices that an organisation integrates with strategy-setting and applies when carrying out that strategy, to manage risk in creating, preserving and realising value.

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ERP

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)

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ESG

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)

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EWS

The Early Warning System (EWS) delivers continuous surveillance and risk detection for the NE, harnessing multi-sensor fusion, anomaly detection, and dynamic threshold models to deliver proactive alerts. Coupled with GRIX risk standards and OP forecasting, it promptly identifies emerging threats—be…

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Exposure

The situation of people, infrastructure, housing, production capacities and other tangible human assets located in hazard-prone areas (UNDRR terminology).

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Femtorisk

A seemingly small-scale event that can trigger consequences at a much higher level of organisation through complex chains of events (UNDRR GAR 2019, after Levin).

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FIA

Financial Impact Assessment (FIA)

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GA

General Assembly (GA)

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GCRI

The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) is an international non-profit organization registered in Canada; committed to reducing glocal risks by accelerating public participation in research, policy, and development programs. Learn More

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GIA

Governance Impact Assessment (GIA)

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GIC

Governance Impact Certificate (GIC)

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Governance, risk and compliance

In OCEG’s definition, the integrated collection of capabilities that enable an organisation to reliably achieve objectives, address uncertainty and act with integrity.

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GRA

Global Risks Alliance (GRA) is a membership-based, multistakeholder consortium dedicated to addressing global risks through collaborative innovation and integrated governance. As part of The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation’s (GCRI) strategic ecosystem, GRA unites leaders from finance, policy, industry,…

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GRF

The Global Risks Forum (GRF) is the flagship event of GCRI, designed to unite global leaders across finance, policy, corporate, academia, civil society, technology, and government in a transformative hybrid platform. Held annually in August, GRF harnesses cutting-edge risk analytics,…

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GRIx

The Global Risks Index (GRIx) establishes a universal risk assessment framework by harnessing AI-driven predictive analytics and standardized methodologies for quantifying global risks. Its structured risk ontology integrates cross-sectoral data—spanning climate, health, finance, and governance—yielding uniform thresholds and comparable metrics…

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GSB

Global Stewardship Board (GSB)

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Hazard

A 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 (UNDRR terminology).

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HIA

Health Impact Assessment (HIA)

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IFRS S2

The ISSB’s climate-related disclosure standard, issued in June 2023 and effective for annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2024, covering climate-related physical and transition risks and opportunities.

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ILA

Integrated Learning Accounts (ILA) provide LLL opportunities with embedded CRS for professional development. ILA is orchestrated under the SCF to help people earn micro-credentials, enable equitable career paths, and up-skill for the twin digital-green transition. Learn More

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ILB

Industry Leadership Board (ILB)

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Integrated risk management

Managing all of an organisation’s risks through one governance structure, one shared taxonomy and one decision process, so that interactions between risks are assessed and treated together rather than in separate functions.

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Interconnectedness

Linkages between components of a system through which distress in one component raises the likelihood of distress in others; one of three criteria for systemic importance with size and substitutability (FSB, IMF and BIS, 2009).

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iVRS

Integrated Value Reporting System (iVRS) provides stakeholder engagement and reporting mechanisms for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues. Learn More

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Likelihood

The chance of something happening, whether defined, measured or determined objectively or subjectively, qualitatively or quantitatively (ISO 31000:2018, 3.7).

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LLB

Legacy Leadership Board (LLB)

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LLL

Lifelong Learning (LLL)

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MGM

Management Board (MGM)

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MPM

Micro-production Model (MPM) provides integrated process pathways for risk management and resilience building. Learn More

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NAF

The Nexus Agile Framework (NAF)

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NC

National Council (NC)

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NCC

Nexus Competence Cells (NCC) are specialized units orchestrated by GCRI to drive the development and implementation of targeted initiatives and projects. NCCs are ad-hoc teams hosted by partner institutions operating as incubators for innovation, offering a structured yet flexible framework for…

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NE

Nexus Ecosystem VI: A comprehensive, technology-driven platform designed to address interconnected global challenges across six core sectors—Water, Energy, Food, Health, Climate, and Ecosystems—through a unified, data-centric framework. Leveraging advanced tools such as real-time monitoring, predictive analytics, decision support systems, and…

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Nexus assessment

An analysis of the interlinkages between water, energy and food (and often land, ecosystems and health) in a place, combining evidence, scenarios and the appraisal of response options with stakeholders (FAO, 2014).

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Nexus interactions

In FAO’s framework, the ways resource systems interact: interdependencies (depending on each other), constraints (imposing conditions or trade-offs) and synergies (mutually reinforcing or sharing benefits).

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NFT

Non-Fungible Token (NFT)

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NSF

The Nexus Standards Foundation (NSF) is a pivotal entity within the GCRI ecosystem dedicated to advancing NE through technological and standardization initiatives. As the governance and compliance backbone of the NE, the NSF defines ethical, legal, and interoperability protocols to…

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NWG

National Working Groups (NWGs) ocalized hubs within the GCRI’s strategic framework that facilitate the implementation of GCRI’s mission at the national level, ensuring that global strategies are adapted to local contexts and challenges.

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NXS-EOP

The Observatory Protocol (OP) operates as the AI-driven analytical core of the NE, applying knowledge representation, hybrid simulation, and predictive modeling to decode environmental, socio-economic, and systemic risks. Integrating diverse data sources—satellite imagery, IoT sensor feeds, economic indicators—OP generates actionable…

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NXSCORE

NXSCORE serves as the computational powerhouse of the Nexus Ecosystem, providing high-performance processing for data-intensive operations—ranging from real-time simulations and machine learning models to complex risk visualizations. Through distributed and parallelized architectures, it supports large-scale risk modeling, disaster forecasting, and…

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NXSQ

NXQ functions as the central orchestration hub of the NE, coordinating resource distribution, data flows, and decision-making processes across the ecosystem. By employing event-driven architectures and distributed ledger technology (DLT), it streamlines computational requests and aligns them with stakeholder needs…

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P2P

Peer-to-Peer (P2P)

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pCredits

Participation Credit Rewards (pCredits)

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Physical risk

Risk from the physical effects of climate change, either acute (event-driven, such as storms, floods or heatwaves) or chronic (longer-term shifts such as sustained higher temperatures or sea-level rise) (TCFD; IFRS S2).

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PIA

Political Impact Assessment (PIA)

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PNG

Planetary Nexus Governance (PNG) is a federated global governance architecture developed and overseen by GCRI. It serves as the overarching institutional and legal framework for coordinating multilateral risk mitigation, innovation policy, and anticipatory governance across all tiers of society—from bioregional…

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PoA

Proof of Authority (PoA)

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PoC

Proof-of-Competence (PoC)

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PoI

Proof of Impact (PoI)

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Polycrisis

The causal entanglement of crises in multiple global systems in ways that significantly degrade humanity’s prospects (Lawrence et al., 2024).

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Portfolio view of risk

A consolidated view of the amount and type of risk an organisation has assumed across all objectives and units, used to compare total exposure with risk appetite (COSO ERM principle 14).

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PoW

Proof of Work (PoW)

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QH

Quadruple Helix (QH) is an intertwined structure of four strands that can steer regenerative research and development streams together. In the MPM, this refers to the collaboration of citizens (CSOs, citizen scientists, hackers, social innovators), policymakers (or public services), entrepreneurs…

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RDS

Risk Discovery System (RDS)

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Residual risk

The disaster risk that remains even when effective disaster risk reduction measures are in place; it must be managed through preparedness, response and recovery capacities (UNDRR terminology).

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Response option (nexus)

An intervention assessed for its effects across several nexus elements; the IPBES nexus assessment presents more than 70 such options with co-benefits across biodiversity, water, food, health and climate.

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Risk

The effect of uncertainty on objectives; an effect is a deviation from the expected and can be positive, negative or both (ISO 31000:2018, 3.1).

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Risk appetite

The amount and type of risk an organisation is willing to pursue or retain in pursuit of its objectives; in COSO ERM it is set during strategy and objective-setting and used to prioritise risks.

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Risk assessment

The overall process of risk identification, risk analysis and risk evaluation; clause 6.4 of ISO 31000:2018.

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Risk management

Coordinated activities to direct and control an organisation with regard to risk (ISO 31000:2018, 3.2).

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Risk matrix

A grid that ranks risks by ordinal categories of consequence and likelihood; listed in IEC 31010:2019 as a recording and reporting technique and known to misrank some risks.

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Risk source

An element which alone or in combination has the potential to give rise to risk (ISO 31000:2018, 3.4).

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RSB

Regional Stewardship Board (RSB)

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SC

Stewardship Committee (SC)

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SCF

Sustainable Competency Framework (SCF) provides integrated tools and taxonomies for competency frameworks and Labour Market Information Systems (LMIS). Learn More

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SDGs

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Semi-quantitative assessment

Assessment using bins, scales or representative numbers whose values and meanings are not maintained in other contexts, such as a 1 to 10 score (NIST SP 800-30 Rev. 1).

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Sendai Framework

The global agreement on disaster risk reduction adopted in Sendai, Japan, in March 2015 and endorsed by the UN General Assembly, with one outcome, one goal, seven global targets and four priorities for action to 2030.

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SIA

Social Impact Assessment (SIA)

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SIC

Social Impact Certificate (SIC)

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SLB

Specialized Leadership Board (SLB)

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SLIA

Systems Level Impact Analysis (SLIA)

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SRA

System Level Risk Assessment (SRA)

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STLB

Strategic Leadership Board (STLB)

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STWLB

Stewardship Board (STWLB)

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Systemic risk (disaster risk science)

Risk embedded in a system that is not itself considered a risk and so is not generally tracked or managed, but which systems analysis shows can impair overall system performance when the system changes (UNDRR GAR 2019).

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Systemic risk (finance)

A risk of disruption to financial services caused by an impairment of all or parts of the financial system, with the potential for serious negative consequences for the real economy (FSB, IMF and BIS, 2009).

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TC

Technical Council (TC)

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TIA

Technology Impact Assessment (TIA)

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Trade-off

A situation in which gains in one sector’s objective, such as more irrigation for food, impose costs on another, such as less water for hydropower or ecosystems.

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Transition risk

Risk arising from the transition to a lower-carbon economy, including policy and legal, technology, market and reputation risks (TCFD, 2017).

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UNFSD

The Universal Nexus Finance for Sustainable Development (UNFSD) is GRA’s sovereign-grade, smart contract–driven co-financing mechanism that ties capital deployment directly to clause-verified corridor performance. By linking milestone-based funding to real-time corridor observability and fallback scenario compliance, UNFSD ensures that resilience…

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vCredits

Verification and Validation Credit Rewards (vCredits)

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Vulnerability

The conditions determined by physical, social, economic and environmental factors or processes which increase the susceptibility of an individual, community, assets or systems to the impacts of hazards (UNDRR terminology).

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Water withdrawal

Water taken from surface or groundwater sources for use, whether or not it is returned; distinct from water consumption, the part that is not returned (for example through evaporation).

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Water-energy-food nexus

The interdependencies between water, energy and food systems, and an approach that manages them together to increase efficiency, reduce trade-offs, build synergies and improve governance across sectors (Hoff, 2011).

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WILP

Work-integrated Learning Pathway (WILP)

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