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Purpose and publisher

Nexus Reports is published by The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) as the single governed publication programme of the Nexus Consortiums. Its purpose is to make the Consortium's research public in a form that readers can check, cite and reuse. This page sets out who is responsible for it, how its independence is protected and the limits of what a report is.

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In this dossier6 parts
  1. 01In briefThe short answer
  2. 02PurposeWhy the programme exists
  3. 03PublisherWho is responsible
  4. 04LimitsWhat a report is not
  5. 05Key termsTerms used on this page
  6. 06Working with othersContributions across the Consortium

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01In brief

The short answer.

Nexus Reports is a specialist platform of The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation for research and evidence. Its mandate covers versioned research and public knowledge spanning global, national, sector, technology and annual programme findings. GCRI publishes it, answers for its content and takes no decision on anyone's behalf. It is established and works at service level R0, information and enquiries.

02Canvas

Mandate to authority.

Canvas · mandate to authorityDesign, not a record
How Nexus Reports is governedA mandate sets the platform's scope; an editor and reviewers govern what it publishes; programmes and the community supply the work; the integrity route handles corrections; authority over decisions stays outside. Design of the governance, not a record.

Fig.How the platform is governed, from its mandate to the authorities who decide. Design, not a record.

03Geography

Hazards and exposure in World.

For purpose and publisher, in GCRI's spatial-intelligence reading, the map opens on true-colour imagery, population density and night lights, framed on World; every other NASA layer, live feed and forecast waits in the layer list.

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Hazards and exposure, for this page

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NASA GIBS / EOSDIS · ASTER GDEM (METI, NASA) · Blue Marble (NASA) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Natural Earth

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For purpose and publisher, in GCRI's spatial-intelligence reading, the map opens on true-colour imagery, population density and night lights, framed on World; every other NASA layer, live feed and forecast waits in the layer list.Satellite and model products as NASA publishes them, each with its own date; indicators, not assessments of any place; claim ceiling INTEGRATED.

Data: NASA GIBS · ASTER GDEM · Blue Marble · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Natural Earth · Copernicus Sentinel-2 L2ASources and licences

  • We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • VIIRS near-real-time products (flood, land surface temperature, snow cover, corrected reflectance), NASA LANCE; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University. 2018. Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11. NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). CC BY 4.0
  • VIIRS Black Marble night-time lights, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; distributed by the NASA Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System (LAADS DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • MODIS land products (vegetation indices, gross primary production, land cover), NASA LP DAAC and LANCE; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • NASA Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS), VIIRS 375 m active fire product, NASA LANCE; vector tiles via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • ASTER GDEM is a product of METI and NASA (ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003, NASA LP DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com. Public domain
  • © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via NASA GIBS (coastlines, boundaries, roads and place names). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). ODbL
  • Blue Marble, NASA Earth Observatory; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Context on the globe and flat map: coastlines, boundaries, roads and place names from NASA GIBS reference layers (OpenStreetMap data, ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors); Blue Marble imagery as an optional base; 3D terrain and the elevation read-out from the ASTER GDEM elevation colour index (5 m to 200 m classes, exaggerated for legibility). Boundaries are drawn as published and imply no position on any territory.
  • Globe: MapLibre GL JS 6.9.1, BSD-3-Clause, © MapLibre contributors.
  • Observed (EO): Copernicus Sentinel-2 L2A (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026), Microsoft Planetary Computer
  • Optional layers (35 sources in the layer list: live, forecast, observed and context) print their provider credit on the map and here when switched on; forecasts are model output and derived indices are estimates.

Layers and dates

  • True colour: VIIRS NOAA-20 corrected reflectance, NASA LANCE · 13 Oct 2026
  • Population density, 2020: Population: CIESIN, Columbia University, Gridded Population of the World v4.11 (2018), NASA SEDAC, CC BY 4.0 · static
  • Night-time lights, daily: VIIRS Black Marble (VNP46A2), NASA LAADS DAAC · 12 Oct 2026
  • Land cover type (IGBP), yearly: MODIS Terra and Aqua land cover (MCD12Q1), NASA LP DAAC · 2024
  • Flood water, 3-day composite: VIIRS Global Flood Product, NASA LANCE · 14 Oct 2026
  • Active fires and thermal anomalies, last day: VIIRS NOAA-20 375 m (FIRMS), NASA LANCE FIRMS · 13 Oct 2026

04Purpose

Why the programme exists.

Public knowledge

Accessible research

Accessible editions, reusable figures and permitted data, so that findings reach people who do not read journals.

Accountability

Checkable claims

Sources, methods, evidence labels and uncertainty stated with every claim.

Memory

Permanent versions

Editions and corrections kept as permanent records, so later work can trace what was known and when.

05Publisher

Who is responsible.

GCRI publishes Nexus Reports and answers for its content. GCRI works across Canada and the United States. Each edition names its publisher, editors and authors.

  • Status: established. The current service level is R0: information and enquiries.
  • Why a dedicated platform: Nexus Reports keeps its existing community and published site, and its existing activity is published as its records are confirmed.
  • Editorial rules are set out on editorial governance and methods and publication process.
06Limits

What a report is not.

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.

  • A report is independent analysis, not a decision, regulation or official statement of any government unless that government authorizes it in writing.
  • A scenario is an exploration, not a forecast; a readiness report describes fitness for a stated next step and is not approval, bankability or certification.
  • Funding, hosting or contribution confers no right to change or block a finding.
  • A report planned is not a report released.
  • A readiness edition describes fitness for a stated next step only.
  • Nexus Reports does not publish advertising, paid placements or sponsored content presented as research.
07Key terms

Terms used on this page.

Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.

TermDefinition
Service level R0The current service level of Nexus pages: information and enquiries only. An enquiry receives a reference and a named next step; it creates no membership, contract, assignment or commitment.
Conflict of interestA situation in which financial, professional or personal interests could compromise, or appear to compromise, judgement in research or review.
Evidence synthesisThe structured collection, appraisal and combination of evidence from many studies to answer a question.
Calibrated languageFixed terms for confidence and likelihood tied to stated meanings, as in the IPCC guidance note on uncertainties.
08Working with others

Contributions across the Consortium.

Specialist platforms at GCRI, The Global Risks Forum (GRF) and The Global Risks Alliance (GRA) contribute to series within their mandates. Research agendas are discussed with Research Nexus at GRF. Contributions follow the same review, sourcing and disclosure rules, whichever institution they come from, and each edition states which platforms contributed and in what role.

09Questions

Questions and answers.

Is Nexus Reports a separate organization?
No. It is a platform of GCRI and has no separate legal identity.
Who can write for Nexus Reports?
Authors are people who made a substantial contribution and can answer for the content. Contributions are invited through series editors; an offer is not a commission until confirmed in writing.
How do I contact the editors?
Write to research@therisk.global or see contact Nexus Reports.
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