Draft, not yet released. In stewardship review. Not indexed until the first approved release.

Readings from the other desks

The infrastructure and logistics baseline is read through each steward’s lens, then once as a whole. Each lens is a projection of reviewed findings, not a separate argument. The other desks’ own editions of this subject are listed first, as cross-references, not copies.

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Contents
  1. ·Edition home
  2. ·Executive summary
  3. 1Infrastructure is what the other systems travel on
  4. 2Key findings
  5. 3Systems and sectors at baseline
  6. 4Risks and capability
  7. 5Chokepoint closure with port downtime and a cyber incident
  8. 6Readings from the other desks
    1. 6.1 The other desks’ editions of this subject
    2. 6.2 Three lenses
    3. 6.3 Standards, Academy and steward contributions
    4. 6.4 GCRI reading: the model card
    5. 6.5 Global Risks Forum reading: editorial essays
    6. 6.6 Global Risks Alliance reading: 2027 infrastructure and logistics readiness pack
    7. 6.7 Nexus Standards reading: standards and regulatory watch
    8. 6.8 Risk Academy reading: literature and evidence review, science and assessments
  9. 7The 2027 agenda
  10. 8Systems in depth
  11. AMethodology
  12. BData appendix
  13. CReferences and record
  14. ·Complete edition, for print

6.1The other desks’ editions of this subject

Federation: each desk writes its own edition for the subjects in its remit. Until a desk releases, its edition shows its frame and the reading this edition printed for it.

DeskEditionStateIdentifier
GCRI Systems EvidenceNo edition of this subject at this desk in the 2026 Baseline cycleNot in this cycle
GRF Public DeliberationOutside this desk’s remitNot in remit
GRA Capital ReadinessNo edition of this subject at this desk in the 2026 Baseline cycleNot in this cycle
Standards ProgressNo edition of this subject at this desk in the 2026 Baseline cycleNot in this cycle
Academy CapabilityNo edition of this subject at this desk in the 2026 Baseline cycleNot in this cycle
Index MeasurementOutside this desk’s remitNot in remit

6.2Three lenses

One edition, read by each steward. The lens of this site comes first.

GCRI · KEY T

Technical Truth

The evidence supports reading infrastructure as the carrier layer of the WEFH+B system. Trade volumes are high, routes are longer and chokepoints can fail within days. Evidence is strongest for trade, ports and road deaths, and weakest for asset condition and recovery times.

TRD-001 · TRD-002 · INF-004 · SYS-012

GRF · KEY M

Public Meaning

For most people infrastructure risk arrives as a delayed delivery, a closed road or a dropped connection. The baseline asks that public debate treat transport and logistics as shared infrastructure for health and food, and keep the 1.19 million road deaths and the 2 billion people offline in view.

HLT-008 · DAT-009 · TRD-002

GRA · KEY F

Capital Meaning

Readiness implications only. The need estimate is dated, port and network risks are modelled in the hundreds of billions, and freight and insurance costs repriced in 202621162. These show where finance-readiness evidence will matter. Nothing here is advice, a rating or an approval.

FIN-007 · TRD-006

NEXUS

Synthesis

Infrastructure is well measured at the level of trade volumes and port traffic and thinly measured at the level of asset condition, maintenance and recovery. The 2027 programme should test the compound chokepoint case, bind regional corridor evidence and build the condition register.

SYS-012 · L-01 · L-02

6.3Standards, Academy and steward contributions

How the Nexus Standards drafts, the Risk Academy and the three stewards feed each quarterly edition for infrastructure and logistics. The standards are a preparatory working draft (2026) and are cited as drafts, never as adopted standards.

Table 6.1The quarterly rhythm every edition follows
QuarterEditionQuestionBoundary
Q1State and AgendaWhat matters this year, and what is the starting position?observed baseline stays distinct from planned work
Q2Evidence and BuildWhat new evidence and capability exist?a configured capability is not a validated result
Q3Stress Test and ReadinessWhat do scenarios and tests show?simulated loss or performance is not observed impact
Q4Annual Synthesis and RenewalWhat changed in the year, and what renews?release follows review, not event publicity deadlines
Table 6.2Who contributes what each quarter
Steward or bodyRoleContribution route
The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI Canada)Lead Institution and Consortium Secretariat; publisher of record; technical truth (key T)science and practice communities · GCRI gateway
The Global Risks Forum (GRF)leadership, dialogue and the Universe programme; public meaning (key M)policy, Universe and national adoption · GRF gateway
The Global Risks Alliance (GRA)finance, insurance and development readiness; capital meaning (key F)finance and insurance · GRA gateway
Nexus Standardspreparatory drafts on vocabulary, hazards, indicators and methodsStandards site · working groups HAZ, IND, MTH, FIN, AI
Risk Academylearning pathways tied to the agenda questionsAcademy gateway · learning by review
Reports sector desksinfrastructure chapter inputs: GCRI evidence, GRA readiness, NXS standards, RA capabilitysector editorial board

Standards drafts used in this edition

  • Risk vocabulary NRS-C1 (424 terms) for terms in the glossary
  • Hazard atlas NHS-1 1.1.0 (905 hazards in 120 families) for risk objects
  • Seven risk classes: global, catastrophic, existential, emerging, planetary, exponential, frontier-tech

Standards calendar to watch

  • Founding calls from 20 October 2026; working groups meet from 5 November 2026
  • Inaugural Global Standards Council session, 12 January 2027
  • Quarterly reviews in March, June, September and December, aligned with each edition

6.4GCRI reading: the model card

GCRI’s reading of this edition is its model card: what the national model is, what it computes and where it stops. It is printed in full in Annex A, with the methods it belongs to. Annex A, methodology

6.5Global Risks Forum reading: editorial essays

Four signed essays by the Reports editorial team set out the positions this edition takes. They are interpretation, labelled as such; the evidence they draw on is in the findings register.

Every recent shock has travelled on a network: fuel on tankers, fertiliser on bulk ships, data on cables and medicines on roads. Treating infrastructure as a list of assets understates how it moves risk between systems. This edition asks where a failed link sends the shock next.

EDITORIAL ESSAY · 01

Infrastructure is a carrier, not a sector

The average voyage grew from 4,831 to 5,245 miles between 2018 and 2024 and ton-miles grew almost three times faster than volumes in 2024. Longer routes mean more fuel, more days and more exposure. Measuring distance as well as tonnage is the first adaptation.

EDITORIAL ESSAY · 02

Distance is a hidden cost

Global expected damage to road and rail is small against output, but reaches 0.5 to 1% of GDP in some countries, and island economies depend most on their ports. The risk is a matter of where an economy has no second route.

EDITORIAL ESSAY · 03

Hazards fall unevenly

Missing vulnerability assessments, dated investment estimates and thin condition data are quieter than a closed strait. They decide how large the next failure will be. Closing them is part of resilience.

EDITORIAL ESSAY · 04

The slow gaps matter

6.6Global Risks Alliance reading: 2027 infrastructure and logistics readiness pack

The registers that open the 2027 global cycle. At baseline each is initialised from this edition.

Table 6.32027 infrastructure and logistics readiness pack
ItemRegisterState at baselineFirst 2027 entry
E1Infrastructure and Logistics risk state deltabaseline set by this editionchanges against the baseline
E2WEFH+B state deltafive global system readings setindicator updates and freshness
E3Agenda and Portfolio movementeight agenda items · 6 proposed objectsadmission decisions
E4Federation delivery registernational chapters in preparationnational chapters
E5Consortium capability registernational consortia formingfirst contributions
E6Leadership questions and challengesnone yetfirst challenge log
E7Foundry technical statenational environments preparedfirst federation cut
E8Publication candidatestwelve findings carried forwardPUBLISH · HOLD dispositions
E9Universe readinessone candidate missionadmission and role spine
E10Correction registernonefirst federation-wide cycle

Publication dispositions

  • Publish
  • Hold
  • Needs evidence
  • Restricted
  • Superseded

6.7Nexus Standards reading: standards and regulatory watch

Instruments and published guidance that shape the systems in this edition, by status on the retrieval date. Nexus Standards texts that relate to this edition are cited as preparatory working draft (2026). The edition assesses no one’s compliance.

  • IN FORCE
  • ADOPTED
  • DEFERRED
  • PUBLISHED · VOLUNTARY
Table 6.4Standards and regulatory watch
InstrumentBodyScopeStatusRelevance
Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 on the trans-European transport network24European UnionEUIN FORCEnetwork completion
Directive (EU) 2022/2555, NIS225European UnionEUIN FORCEcybersecurity
Directive (EU) 2022/2557 on the resilience of critical entities39European UnionEUIN FORCEresilience
IMO strategy on greenhouse gas emissions from ships26IMOglobalADOPTED 2023shipping emissions
IMO Net-Zero Framework2740IMOglobalADOPTION DEFERRED 2025fuel intensity and pricing
ISO 55000 asset management41ISOglobalPUBLISHED · VOLUNTARYassets
ISO 28000 supply chain security management42ISOglobalPUBLISHED · VOLUNTARYsupply chains
ISO 22301 business continuity43ISOglobalPUBLISHED · VOLUNTARYcontinuity
International Ship and Port Facility Security Code48IMOglobalIN FORCEsecurity

Changed since 2024

  • The IMO meeting of October 2025 deferred adoption of the Net-Zero Framework for one year27
  • NIS2 repealed the earlier network and information security directive from 18 October 202425
  • UNCTAD published a rapid analysis of the Strait of Hormuz on 10 March 20262

To watch in 2027

  • Outcome of the October 2026 IMO session on the Net-Zero Framework40
  • National designation of critical entities in transport under the EU resilience directive39
  • Completion of the core network of the trans-European transport network, due by 203024

6.8Risk Academy reading: literature and evidence review, science and assessments

The review behind this edition covers infrastructure and logistics assessments, peer-reviewed science and the institutional reports that bind its findings. Systematic reviews for each agenda item begin in 2027.

Review protocol

Question
What does the published evidence establish about the world’s infrastructure, transport and logistics systems and its couplings?
Sources searched
agency flagships; regulator and investigation reports; peer-reviewed port and network risk literature; statistics
Window
releases available at evidence close, 30 September 2026
Selection
sources that bind or contextualise a finding in this edition
Next step
systematic reviews for agenda items 01 to 05 in 2027
Table 6.5Peer-reviewed science and assessments
ReferenceTypeYearRoleUsed for
Koks et al.15journal article2019supportsroad and rail exposure
Verschuur et al.18journal article2022supportsport criticality
Verschuur et al.17journal article2023supportsmulti-hazard port risk
Verschuur et al.16journal article2023supportsclimate-related downtime
Thacker et al.19journal article2019frameworkinfrastructure and the SDGs
IPCC AR6 Working Group II, Chapter 630assessment2022contextkey infrastructure and cities
Colon et al.46journal article2020contexttransport network criticality
Verschuur et al.47journal article2020contextport disruption by natural disasters
Table 6.6Institutional flagships
ReferenceIssuerYearRoleUsed for
Review of Maritime Transport 20251UNCTAD2025supportstrade, fleet, chokepoints
Strait of Hormuz Disruptions2UNCTAD2026supportschokepoint shock
Lifelines14World Bank2019supportsdisruption cost
Global status report on road safety 202311WHO2023supportsroad deaths
Facts and Figures 202610ITU2026supportsconnectivity
Global Energy Review 202613IEA2026supportstransport fuels
Review of Maritime Transport 202449UNCTAD2024contextmaritime chokepoints
Transport Outlook 202334ITF at the OECD2023contextdemand and emissions
Resilience Pays36UNDRR2025contextdisaster finance
Table 6.7Statistics, access and finance
ReferenceIssuerYearRoleUsed for
SDG Extended Report, Goal 95UN DESA2026supportsfreight, finance, coverage
World Development Indicators6789World Bank2026supportsports, air, Internet, urbanisation
Global Infrastructure Outlook21Global Infrastructure Hub2017supportsinvestment need
Infrastructure Report Card20ASCE2025contextUnited States condition
Air travel demand update28ACI World2025supportsairport passengers
Industry outlook29IATA2025supportsairline passengers
Air transport statistics35ICAO2025contextairline passengers
Logistics Performance Index37World Bank2023contextlogistics performance
Table 6.8Regulators, safety and standards
ReferenceIssuerYearRoleUsed for
Key Bridge investigation22NTSB2024supportsstructure failure
Transport Threat Landscape23ENISA2023supportscyber incidents
Trans-European Transport Network24European Commission2026contextnetwork rules
NIS2 Directive25European Commission2026contextcybersecurity duties
Resilience of critical entities directive39European Union2022contextcritical entities
GHG strategy26IMO2023contextshipping emissions
Net-Zero Framework decision2740IMO and DNV2025contextdeferral
ISO 55000, 28000 and 22301414243ISO2019 to 2024contextasset, supply chain and continuity management
ISPS Code48IMO2004contextport and ship security
Rural Access Index50World Bank2023contextrural road access

Where the evidence agrees

  • Seaborne trade volumes grew in 2024 and routes lengthened1
  • Chokepoint disruption raises freight, fuel and insurance costs23
  • A large share of road, rail and port assets is exposed to hazards1517

Where it is unsettled

  • How many people fly: airport and airline counts differ by method28297
  • How much seaborne freight moves: the UNCTAD Review and the SDG indicator differ by basis15
  • How long the 2026 Hormuz disruption lasts, and how far transits recovered244

Notes

Numbers are the edition’s reference numbers, so a note reads the same in every chapter. The full list, with every source and its licence, is in Annex C. Annex C, references

  1. 21Global Infrastructure Hub (ed.), Global Infrastructure Outlook, press release of 25 July 2017 (USD 94 trillion need to 2040, USD 97 trillion with SDG access targets, USD 18 trillion unfunded). Global Infrastructure Hub, Sydney. Observation year 2017. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  2. 16Verschuur, J., Koks, E.E. and Hall, J.W., Systemic risks from climate-related disruptions at ports, Nature Climate Change 13, 804 to 806, 2023 (abstract and introduction opened). Springer Nature. Observation year 2023. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  3. 2UNCTAD (ed.), Strait of Hormuz Disruptions: Implications for Global Trade and Development, rapid analysis dated 10 March 2026, from Clarksons Research, EIA, LSEG, Kpler and other data. UN Trade and Development, Geneva. Observation year 2026. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  4. 24European Commission (ed.), Trans-European transport network (TEN-T), policy page on Regulation (EU) 2024/1679 (core network by 2030, extended core by 2040, comprehensive by 2050). Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport, Brussels. Observation year 2026. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  5. 25European Commission (ed.), NIS2 Directive: securing network and information systems, policy page on Directive (EU) 2022/2555 (earlier directive repealed from 18 October 2024). Directorate-General for Communications Networks, Brussels. Observation year 2026. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  6. 39UNVERIFIED, not opened: Directive (EU) 2022/2557 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the resilience of critical entities, Official Journal of the European Union, 2022; the legal text returned a challenge page and the transport scope is cited from a search summary. Observation year 2022. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  7. 26IMO (ed.), Initial IMO GHG Strategy, hot topic page (notes that the 2023 strategy has been adopted). International Maritime Organization, London. Observation year 2023. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  8. 27DNV (ed.), Decision on the IMO Net-Zero Framework delayed for one year, news item of 2025 on the second extraordinary session of the Marine Environment Protection Committee. DNV, Oslo. Observation year 2025. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  9. 40UNVERIFIED, not opened: POST-CLOSE, context only: IMO (ed.), Marine Environment Protection Committee, extraordinary session of October 2025 and the session of October 2026 on the Net-Zero Framework; only the DNV summary [27] was opened. International Maritime Organization, London. Observation year 2026. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  10. 41UNVERIFIED, not opened: ISO 55000:2024, Asset management: vocabulary, overview and principles. International Organization for Standardization, Geneva; the page was blocked. Observation year 2024. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  11. 42UNVERIFIED, not opened: ISO 28000:2022, Security and resilience: security management systems for the supply chain. International Organization for Standardization, Geneva; the page was blocked. Observation year 2022. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  12. 43UNVERIFIED, not opened: ISO 22301:2019, Security and resilience: business continuity management systems. International Organization for Standardization, Geneva; the page was blocked. Observation year 2019. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  13. 48UNVERIFIED, not opened: IMO (ed.), International Ship and Port Facility Security Code, 2004 (SOLAS chapter XI-2), cited from memory. International Maritime Organization, London. Observation year 2004. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  14. 15Koks, E.E. et al., A global multi-hazard risk analysis of road and railway infrastructure assets, Nature Communications 10, 2677, 2019 (abstract via Crossref). Springer Nature. Observation year 2019. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  15. 18Verschuur, J., Koks, E.E. and Hall, J.W., Ports’ criticality in international trade and global supply-chains, Nature Communications 13, 2022 (abstract opened). Springer Nature. Observation year 2022. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  16. 17Verschuur, J., Koks, E.E., Hall, J.W. et al., Multi-hazard risk to global port infrastructure and resulting trade and logistics losses, Communications Earth and Environment 4, 2023 (abstract opened). Springer Nature. Observation year 2023. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  17. 19Thacker, S. et al., Infrastructure for sustainable development, Nature Sustainability 2, 324 to 331, 2019 (abstract opened). Springer Nature. Observation year 2019. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  18. 30IPCC, Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, Working Group II, Chapter 6: Cities, Settlements and Key Infrastructure (chapter PDF opened). Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Geneva. Observation year 2022. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  19. 46UNVERIFIED, not opened: Colon, C., Hallegatte, S. and Rozenberg, J., Criticality analysis of a country’s transport network via an agent-based supply chain model, Nature Sustainability 4, 209 to 215, 2021; bibliographic record read via Crossref, abstract not read. Springer Nature. Observation year 2020. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  20. 47UNVERIFIED, not opened: Verschuur, J., Koks, E.E. and Hall, J.W., Port disruptions due to natural disasters: Insights into port and logistics resilience, Transportation Research Part D 85, 102393, 2020; bibliographic record read via Crossref, abstract not read. Elsevier. Observation year 2020. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  21. 1UNCTAD (ed.), Review of Maritime Transport 2025: Staying the course in turbulent waters (full report and overview). UN Trade and Development, Geneva. Observation year 2024. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  22. 14Hallegatte, S., Rentschler, J. and Rozenberg, J., Lifelines: The Resilient Infrastructure Opportunity. World Bank, Washington, 2019 (full report PDF). Observation year 2019 (analysis of earlier data). Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  23. 11WHO (ed.), Global status report on road safety 2023, Geneva, 13 December 2023 (publication page). World Health Organization, Geneva. Observation year 2021. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  24. 10ITU (ed.), Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2026 (publication page with key findings). International Telecommunication Union, Geneva. Observation year 2026. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  25. 13IEA (ed.), Global Energy Review 2026 (PDF, opened from a copy of the published report hosted by a third party). International Energy Agency, Paris. Observation year 2025. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  26. 49UNVERIFIED, not opened: UNCTAD (ed.), Review of Maritime Transport 2024: Navigating maritime chokepoints; named in the SDG 9 storyline [5], not opened. UN Trade and Development, Geneva. Observation year 2023. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  27. 34UNVERIFIED, not opened: ITF (ed.), ITF Transport Outlook 2023. International Transport Forum at the OECD, Paris; the page returned an access error and no figure is used. Observation year 2023. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  28. 36UNVERIFIED, not opened: UNDRR (ed.), Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2025, Resilience Pays: Financing and Investing for our Future; the page was not accessible and no figure from search summaries is used. UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Geneva. Observation year 2025. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  29. 5UN DESA Statistics Division (ed.), The Sustainable Development Goals Extended Report 2026, Goal 9 indicator storylines (inputs as of 30 April 2026). United Nations, New York. Observation year 2024 (indicators 9.1.2 and 9.a.1) and 2025 (indicator 9.c.1). Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  30. 6DATA VINTAGE AFTER CLOSE: World Bank (ed.), World Development Indicators, container port traffic (TEU), series IS.SHP.GOOD.TU, API read, database last updated 2026-10-08. World Bank, Washington. Observation year 2024. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  31. 7DATA VINTAGE AFTER CLOSE: World Bank (ed.), World Development Indicators, air transport passengers carried and freight (series IS.AIR.PSGR and IS.AIR.GOOD.MT.K1, ICAO source) and rail series (no values returned), API read, database last updated 2026-10-08. World Bank, Washington. Observation year 2023. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  32. 8DATA VINTAGE AFTER CLOSE: World Bank (ed.), World Development Indicators, individuals using the Internet (series IT.NET.USER.ZS, ITU source), API read, database last updated 2026-10-08. World Bank, Washington. Observation year 2025. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  33. 9DATA VINTAGE AFTER CLOSE: World Bank (ed.), World Development Indicators, urban population as a share of total population (series SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS, UN source), API read, database last updated 2026-10-08. World Bank, Washington. Observation year 2025. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  34. 20ASCE (ed.), 2025 Report Card for America’s Infrastructure (summary page: overall grade C, grades from B in ports to D in stormwater and transit, USD 3.6 trillion investment gap over ten years). American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston. Observation year 2025. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  35. 28ACI World (ed.), Biannual global air travel demand update, 30 September 2025 (9.4 billion passengers in 2024; 9.8 billion projected for 2025). Airports Council International, Montreal. Observation year 2024. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  36. 29IATA (ed.), Industry outlook press release, December 2025 (5.2 billion passengers expected in 2026, up 4.4% on 2025; cargo 71.6 million tonnes). International Air Transport Association, Montreal. Observation year 2026 (expectation). Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  37. 35UNVERIFIED, not opened: ICAO (ed.), Air transport statistics and The World of Air Transport; the site returned an access error and no figure from it is used. International Civil Aviation Organization, Montreal. Observation year 2025. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  38. 37UNVERIFIED, not opened: World Bank (ed.), Connecting to Compete 2023: Trade Logistics in the Global Economy, the Logistics Performance Index; the site was not accessible and no value is used. World Bank, Washington. Observation year 2023. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  39. 22NTSB (ed.), Contact of Containership Dali with Francis Scott Key Bridge and Subsequent Bridge Collapse, investigation page with probable cause and recommendations. National Transportation Safety Board, Washington. Observation year 2024. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  40. 23ENISA (ed.), ENISA Transport Threat Landscape, March 2023 (publication page and report PDF; incidents January 2021 to October 2022). European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, Athens. Observation year 2022. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  41. 50UNVERIFIED, not opened: World Bank (ed.), Rural Access Index, SDG indicator 9.1.1; the custodian storyline in the SDG Extended Report is empty and the index was not retrieved. World Bank, Washington. Observation year 2023. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  42. 3UNCTAD (ed.), Hormuz shipping disruptions raise risks for energy, fertilisers and vulnerable economies, media alert UNCTAD/PRESS/MA/2026/003, Geneva, 10 March 2026. UN Trade and Development, Geneva. Observation year 2026. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
  43. 44UNVERIFIED, not opened: UNCTAD (ed.), Strait of Hormuz tracking dashboard, launched April 2026; known only from search summaries. UN Trade and Development, Geneva. Observation year 2026. Accessed 2026-11-03.back

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Valadbaygi, S. (Ed.). (2026). Chapter 6: Readings from the other desks. In Global Infrastructure and Logistics Risk and Resilience Report 2026: Baseline Edition, The State of the World’s Infrastructure, Transport and Logistics. (Baseline Edition 2026, Report No. NR-SECTOR-INFRASTRUCTURE-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE) [Draft under review]. The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI).

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