Global Risks Forum 2025
Innovation Lab

Ecosystem

Empowering our members to identify, report, and co-develop solutions for complex, high-impact risk scenarios across sectors. Challenges are directly aligned with SDGs, which serve as a lifelong learning (LLL) framework within our Work-Integrated Learning Pathways (WILPs). Through active participation in NWGs and forming Competence Cells (CCells), members support QH issues by leveraging NE. Members advance from insight to action by engaging in structured stewardship programs, ecopreneurship accelerators, and high-impact hackathons. These initiatives build capacity to operationalize the Nexus Ecosystem (NE) within local, regional, and global contexts—ensuring scalable resilience, data-driven innovation, and inclusive development pathways

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Empowering Public Goods for Systems Innovation

To refresh our ideas of ownership and governance, we are designing and experimenting with new and remembered ways of working together, sharing resources, group decision making. We learn how to steward commons, resources, and people's power for sustainable development and resilience building

Mobilizing Innovation Commons
Empowering tools, capacities, and communities
Enabling Responsible Research
Building competence cells as popup/parallel R&D units
Designing Transformative Process
Turning epistemic design into public goods infrastructure
Integration Sustainable Solutions
Turning epistemic design into public goods infrastructure
Accelerating Systems Innovation
Tackling complex challenges through systems innovation

Future Innovation Labs

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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

Implementing The WHO Framework Convention On Tobacco Control

Strengthening the implementation of the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in all countries, as appropriate.

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Developing Effective, Accountable And Transparent Institutions

Developing effective, accountable and transparent institutions at all levels.

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  • Complete Onboarding Process
  • Join Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
  • Complete the course Ecopreneurship
  • Complete the course Public Risks
  • Complete the course Political Risks
  • Join Seminars
  • Join Hackathons
  • Get nominated for CoI Level I

Ending All Violence Against And Exploitation Of Women And Girls

Eliminating all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation.

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Implementing Social Protection Systems

Implementing nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including floors, and by 2030 achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the vulnerable.

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Affordable And Sustainable Transport Systems

Providing access to safe, affordable, accessible and sustainable transport systems for all, improving road safety, notably by expanding public transport, with special attention to the needs of those in vulnerable situations, women, children, persons with disabilities and older persons.

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