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Kazakhstan Risks Forum 2025
The Global Risks Forum – National Engagement Series: Kazakhstan is a strategic, hybrid-format initiative led by NWG Kazakhstan, an independent network of scientists, policy experts, civil society leaders, technologists, and regional planners. Operating independently from the Government of Kazakhstan and any political affiliation, NWG Kazakhstan provides a neutral, evidence-driven platform for collaboration in disaster risk reduction (DRR), disaster risk finance (DRF), and disaster risk intelligence (DRI).
As part of the broader mission of the Global Risks Alliance (GRA) and Global Risks Forum (GRF), the Kazakhstan series strengthens regional risk governance while connecting local initiatives with global innovation ecosystems. It fosters cross-sector engagement through the quintuple helix model—bringing together academia, civil society, the private sector, international organizations, and public institutions (participating as stakeholders, not organizers).
Strategic Purpose
The Kazakhstan edition is designed to:
- Support independent dialogue and coordinated planning on environmental degradation, climate risk, energy transition, and infrastructure resilience;
- Advance anticipatory governance and risk-informed finance strategies for sustainable development and regional integration;
- Promote the adoption of frontier technologies for water security, desertification monitoring, and urban-rural connectivity;
- Mobilize Indigenous knowledge, scientific expertise, and community innovation for multi-scalar risk mitigation.
Sessions emphasize systems thinking, co-creation, and scenario planning to address Kazakhstan’s diverse ecological zones, economic dependencies, and geopolitical position.
Technical Foundation: Nexus Ecosystem Integration
The forum is powered by the Nexus Ecosystem, a multilayered infrastructure integrating quantum-cloud systems, AI, blockchain, and geospatial intelligence to support data-driven resilience. NWG Kazakhstan utilizes these tools to:
- Model regional risks across climate, agriculture, energy, and infrastructure systems using AI/ML
- Monitor environmental trends through satellite-based Earth Observation and desertification analytics
- Deploy blockchain-enabled finance systems for drought insurance, sustainable investment tracking, and local resource accountability
- Leverage IoT sensors for early warning systems in flood-prone and arid areas
- Facilitate simulation labs for energy security, cross-border cooperation, and rural innovation planning
- Enable digital governance platforms for decentralized participation and regional data exchange
- Track resilience metrics using ESG benchmarking, SDG alignment, and environmental justice indicators
These capabilities allow NWG Kazakhstan to lead inclusive, high-impact governance strategies tailored to the country’s steppe, mountain, and urban ecosystems.
Governance and Participation
All activities organized by NWG Kazakhstan are independently designed and governed, in full accordance with the principles of GRA and GRF. The forum is not affiliated with or endorsed by any political or governmental entity, ensuring transparency, ethical rigor, and inclusive engagement.
Participation is open to researchers, entrepreneurs, educators, Indigenous leaders, regional authorities, diaspora experts, and international partners. The Kazakhstan series prioritizes inclusive dialogue, civic innovation, and sustainable foresight driven by local and cross-border collaboration.
Join the Movement
We invite environmental scientists, risk finance professionals, youth leaders, data scientists, and civic innovators to join the Global Risks Forum – Kazakhstan Series as speakers, contributors, and co-creators. Help shape Kazakhstan’s path toward climate resilience, anticipatory governance, and regional cooperation—while contributing to a globally connected risk transformation ecosystem.
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- Date: Aug 22 - 31 2025
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