The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI)
Topics at Nexus Reports: the pages in this section are listed below, each with its own scope and status.
The Nexus Reports topics are the eight subject dossiers of its field, among them global systems series, country and regional series, and sectoral series. Each dossier sets out how the risk develops, what is measured and in which units, the public sources and their licences, the methods, who decides and the limits of the evidence.
GCRI is a research, development and policy institution. It is not a regulator, and it does not certify, license or approve; its findings carry their methods and uncertainty.
The topics cover the series families (global, country and regional, sectoral, frontier technology, scenarios and methods, labs and foundry, annual synthesis) and the editorial and correction practice behind them.
Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Confidence | In IPCC usage, a qualitative judgement of the validity of a finding based on evidence and agreement. |
| Data vintage | The release of a statistic, identified by date, since figures are revised after first publication. |
| Grey literature | Material produced outside commercial and academic publishing, such as reports, filings and working papers. |
| Preprint | A version of a paper shared publicly before peer review. |
| Scenario | A coherent and plausible description of a possible future under stated assumptions, not a forecast. |
The bodies and documents this page is read against. Status and editions change; each link goes to the issuing body.
Interdependent global system risks.
TopicNational and transboundary portfolio studies.
TopicSector and industry profiles.
TopicExponentially developing technologies.
TopicTransparent analytical studies.
TopicTechnical test and readiness evidence.
TopicAnnual public-safe learning records.
TopicPublication governance and corrections.
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