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United States 2026
الولايات المتحدة
The United States enters 2027 as the country carrying the largest share of the world’s recorded disaster losses. North America accounted for US$133 billion of the US$224 billion in global natural-disaster losses in 2025, about 70% of it insured, led by the Los Angeles wildfires at about US$53 billion.
- النتائج
- 12
- each with its status and source
- Sectors with findings
- 5 of 6
- Infrastructure not assessed
- Risk objects
- 4
- order carries no rank
- المصادر
- 40
- Evidence close 30 September 2026
01 · Readings
United States in six readings.
Six readings that frame the baseline, and the eight questions this edition answers, each with its status and source.
02 · Sectors
Six sectors, one hexagon.
Water first, then Energy, Infrastructure, Food, Health and Biodiversity. Each count is the findings of this edition in that sector: coverage of the evidence, never a score. Infrastructure is not assessed: the edition holds no Infrastructure finding and its coupling matrix does not assess it.
- WATالمياه2 findings
322 bn gal/day Total freshwater and saline withdrawals, 2015. □مُبلَّغ عنه
Ample in the East, tight in the West; Colorado River under نقص; major aquifers depleting.
- ENEالطاقة1 finding
4.4% Data centres’ share of US electricity, 2023. □مُبلَّغ عنه
Gas-led power with growing renewables; reliability stressed in extremes; data-centre load rising.
- INFالبنية التحتيةnot assessed
Ageing grids, water النظم and roads; critical functions defined nationally.
- FOOالغذاء1 finding
13.5% Households food insecure, 2023. □مُبلَّغ عنه
A leading producer and exporter; 13.5% of households food insecure in 2023.
- HLTالصحة1 finding
2,325 deaths Heat-related deaths, 2023. □مُبلَّغ عنه
Record heat deaths in 2023; smoke and storms load health services.
- BIOالتنوع البيولوجي1 finding
40% Animal species at risk of extinction, 2023. □مُبلَّغ عنه
About 40% of animal species at risk; حرائق الغابات and land use the fastest pressures.
Outside the six sectors: Climate forcing 3, Finance 2, Systemic 1.
03 · Hazard exposure
The hazards this edition reads.
The edition’s own risk objects, in its order, each read across driver, exposure, vulnerability, capacity, cascade and horizon. The hexagon marks the sectors the cascade reaches; the domain beside each is an editorial reading of its hazard words.
RSK-USA-CLI-001
Wildfire at the urban edge, with insurance retreat
□مُبلَّغ عنهEQL 4
- المحرك
- heat, drought and wind; longer fire seasons
- التعرّض
- wildland–urban interface communities
- قابلية التأثر
- rising premiums and non-renewals [21]
- القدرة
- fire services; building codes; residual insurers
- التسلسل المتتالي
- CLI → BIO → HLT · CLI → FIN
- الأفق
- seasonal · 1 and 5 years
RSK-USA-ENE-002
Grid failure in heat or cold extremes
□مُبلَّغ عنهEQL 4
- المحرك
- الحر الشديد and cold; new load growth
- التعرّض
- regions with thin reserve margins [32]
- قابلية التأثر
- winterisation gaps; gas–power interdependence [31]
- القدرة
- interconnection; demand response; storage
- التسلسل المتتالي
- ENE → WAT → HLT
- الأفق
- seasonal
RSK-USA-WAT-003
Western drought and Colorado River shortage
□مُبلَّغ عنهEQL 4
- المحرك
- low flows; heat; over-allocation
- التعرّض
- cities, farms and hydropower of the Southwest
- قابلية التأثر
- reservoirs near minimum levels
- القدرة
- نقص rules; conservation; groundwater
- التسلسل المتتالي
- WAT → ENE, FOO, cities
- الأفق
- 1–5 years
RSK-USA-CLI-004
Compound hurricane, surge and inland flooding
□مُبلَّغ عنهEQL 3
- المحرك
- warmer oceans; heavier rainfall
- التعرّض
- Gulf and Atlantic coasts; inland river valleys
- قابلية التأثر
- low flood-insurance take-up [40]
- القدرة
- forecasting and evacuation; flood insurance
- التسلسل المتتالي
- CLI → INF → ENE, HLT, FIN
- الأفق
- سنوي
Scenario · SCN-USA-HFG-01
Western heat, fire and grid summer
Under this scenario, results describe a conditional season under stated assumptions. It is not a forecast, and no intervention described here has been carried out.
3 of 12 findings name a hazard in their text. Show them
- 1CLI → WATheat and low flows cut reservoir and hydro output
- 2CLI → ENEpeak demand meets thin reserves; emergency alerts
- 3CLI → HLTheat deaths and emergency visits rise
- 4BIO → HLTحرائق الغابات smoke over large cities
- 5ENE → INFpublic-safety power shut-offs to prevent ignition
- 6CLI → FINinsured losses and further non-renewals
04 · Couplings
How the sectors carry risk into each other.
The United States matrix types the twenty couplings between the five core النظم. Strengths are Nexus estimates from the cited evidence and analogue events; they set the starting graph that the Q1 2027 Foundry cut will test.
| من | WAT | ENE | FOO | HLT | BIO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WAT | · | Strong | Strong | معتدلة | Strong |
| ENE | معتدلة | · | Strong | Strong | معتدلة |
| FOO | معتدلة | Weak | · | Strong | Strong |
| HLT | Weak | Weak | معتدلة | · | Weak |
| BIO | Strong | معتدلة | Strong | معتدلة | · |
Water: 4 couplings out, 4 in; Energy: 4 couplings out, 4 in; Food: 4 couplings out, 4 in; Health: 4 couplings out, 4 in; Biodiversity: 4 couplings out, 4 in. Infrastructure is not in the coupling matrix: none of the edition matrices types it, so it carries no value.
Cascade paths, in the edition’s order
- ENE → WAT → HLTcold or heat fails the grid; water pressure and care settings fail with it□مُبلَّغ عنه
- CLI → BIO → HLTحرائق الغابات smoke loads health services far from the fire□مُبلَّغ عنه
- CLI → FINحرائق الغابات و الأعاصير losses drive insurance retreat□مُبلَّغ عنه
- WAT → FOOaquifer decline and drought cut irrigated production▲Inferred
- AIC → ENEdata-centre load narrows reliability margins in extremes▲Inferred
05 · Findings
Every finding of United States.
Search, filter by sector, system or status, and sort. The address bar keeps the view, so a filtered list can be shared. Every row opens the finding at its source.
All 12 findings
| ID | الطبعة | Sector or system | الحالة | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLI-001 | الولايات المتحدة | CLI Climate forcing | □ مُبلَّغ عنه | Gross greenhouse-gas emissions were 6,343 Mt CO₂e in 2022; net emissions were about 17% below 2005. |
| FIN-002 | الولايات المتحدة | FIN المالية | □ مُبلَّغ عنه | North America carried US$133 billion of 2025’s US$224 billion in global disaster losses; about US$93 billion was insured. |
| FIN-003 | الولايات المتحدة | FIN المالية | □ مُبلَّغ عنه | The January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires caused about US$53 billion in losses, US$40 billion insured, the costliest حرائق الغابات disaster on record. |
| CLI-004 | الولايات المتحدة | CLI Climate forcing | □ مُبلَّغ عنه | The contiguous United States has warmed about 1.4 °C since 1970, faster than the global average. |
| CLI-005 | الولايات المتحدة | CLI Climate forcing | □ مُبلَّغ عنه | There were 27 billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in 2024, after a record 28 in 2023. |
| ENE-006 | الولايات المتحدة | ENE الطاقة | □ مُبلَّغ عنه | Data centres used about 4.4% of US electricity in 2023, with 6.7–12% projected for 2028. |
| WAT-007 | الولايات المتحدة | WAT المياه | □ مُبلَّغ عنه | Water withdrawals were about 322 billion gallons a day in 2015; thermoelectric power took 41% and irrigation 37%. |
| WAT-008 | الولايات المتحدة | WAT المياه | □ مُبلَّغ عنه | The first-ever نقص on the Colorado River was declared in August 2021 for the lower basin. |
| HLT-009 | الولايات المتحدة | HLT الصحة | □ مُبلَّغ عنه | Heat-related deaths reached a record 2,325 in 2023. |
| FOO-010 | الولايات المتحدة | FOO الغذاء | □ مُبلَّغ عنه | 13.5% of US households were food insecure in 2023. |
| BIO-011 | الولايات المتحدة | BIO التنوع البيولوجي | □ مُبلَّغ عنه | About 40% of animal species and 34% of plant species in the United States are at risk of extinction. |
| SYS-012 | الولايات المتحدة | SYS النظمي | ◎ Expert input | The leading compound pathway for 2027 testing runs from Western heat and drought through حرائق الغابات and grid stress into health, water and insurance availability. |
06 · Editions and calendar
The desks’ editions for United States.
| المكتب | الطبعة | الحالة | المعرّف |
|---|---|---|---|
| GCRI Systems Evidence | United States 2026 | Drafted, in stewardship review | NR-COUNTRY-USA-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0 |
| GRF Public Deliberation | المداولة العامة: الولايات المتحدة 2026 | قيد الإعداد | |
| GRA Capital Readiness | الجاهزية الرأسمالية: الولايات المتحدة 2026 | قيد الإعداد | |
| Standards Progress | No edition in the 2026 Baseline cycle | Not in this cycle | |
| Academy Capability | No edition in the 2026 Baseline cycle | Not in this cycle | |
| Index Measurement | Measurement: United States 2026 | قيد الإعداد |
Calendar · 2026 Baseline
- 01Call opensset by the editor
- 02Contribution closeset by the editor
- 03إغلاق الأدلة30 September 2026
- 04Desk review and releaseset by the editor
- 05Collection compilationset by the editor
- 06Collection releaseset by the editor
- 07التصحيحاتafter release, as needed
Evidence cut NQ-USA-2026-Q0-1. Next cycles: Q1 2027, Q2 2027, Q3 2027, Q4 2027; their dates are set by the editor.
07 · Take part
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سجل التصحيحات
| الإصدار | التاريخ | الحالة | التغير | إشعار |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NR-COUNTRY-USA-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0 | October 2026 | DRAFT | Baseline Edition 2026, inaugural annual edition, | لا شيء |
Data gaps3What the repository does not hold yet, and the source proposed for each
| الفجوة | Shown here as | Proposed source |
|---|---|---|
| Exposure values per hazard (people, assets, hectares) | the edition’s own risk objects, without values | the Index country profile once the Index releases values, risksindex.com/usa/ |
| The NHS-1 hazard types and their assignment to this edition’s risk objects | an editorial reading of the hazard words | the NHS-1 type assignment through the Registry |
| Infrastructure in the coupling matrix | Infrastructure marked not assessed | an Infrastructure row and column in the edition matrix at the next cut |
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