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Programme, identifiers and citation

Editions and the baseline programme

Eighty-six Baseline Edition 2026 editions in five families fix the reference state; from Q1 2027 every series reports quarterly against it.

Editions
86
in five families
Drafted
10
in stewardship review
Waves
7
W0 to W6
Evidence close
30 Sep 2026
for every baseline
00At a glance

An edition's structure.

Country report edition, illustrative interfaceAn illustrative report edition: the annual flagship of the Country Systems Risk and Resilience Report with its chapters, the evidence labels every finding carries, a review chain from methods to publisher sign-off, and a version history in which a correction creates a new version.

EditionAn edition's structure: decision surface, findings, chapters and the evidence layer. Illustrative interface.

01Shelf

Drafted and in stewardship review.

Baseline Edition 202610 of 86
  1. NEXUS REPORTS CAN Countries and unions Canada Baseline Edition 2026 The state of Canada's interdependent systems, water, energy, food, health and biodiversity, and the national risk portfolio at the 2026 baseline NR-COUNTRY-CAN-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0 In stewardship review W0
  2. NEXUS REPORTS GLB Global and sector Global Systems Baseline Edition 2026 The state of interdependent risk, readiness and frontier change: the global baseline NR-GLOBAL-SYSTEMS-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0 In stewardship review W0
  3. NEXUS REPORTS GS-01 Global and sector Global Water Baseline Edition 2026 The state of the world's water system: access, scarcity, extremes and the couplings to energy, food, health and nature NR-SECTOR-WATER-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0 In stewardship review W0
  4. NEXUS REPORTS XT-01 Technology Artificial Intelligence and Agentic Systems Baseline Edition 2026 Artificial intelligence and agentic systems as physical infrastructure: compute, energy, water, materials and supply chains NR-XTECH-AI-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0 In stewardship review W0
  5. NEXUS REPORTS SR-01 Strategic systems Global Polycrisis Baseline Edition 2026 How crises become entangled: common causes, domino effects and feedbacks across climate, economy, health and security NR-STRATEGIC-POLYCRISIS-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0 In stewardship review W0
  6. NEXUS REPORTS USA Countries and unions United States Baseline Edition 2026 The state of the United States' interdependent systems, water, energy, food, health and biodiversity, and the national risk portfolio at the 2026 baseline NR-COUNTRY-USA-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0 In stewardship review W1
  7. NEXUS REPORTS GBR Countries and unions United Kingdom Baseline Edition 2026 The state of the United Kingdom's interdependent systems, water, energy, food, health and biodiversity, and the national risk portfolio at the 2026 baseline NR-COUNTRY-GBR-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0 In stewardship review W1
  8. NEXUS REPORTS FRA Countries and unions France Baseline Edition 2026 The state of France's interdependent systems, water, energy, food, health and biodiversity, and the national risk portfolio at the 2026 baseline NR-COUNTRY-FRA-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0 In stewardship review W1
  9. NEXUS REPORTS DEU Countries and unions Germany Baseline Edition 2026 The state of Germany's interdependent systems, water, energy, food, health and biodiversity, and the national risk portfolio at the 2026 baseline NR-COUNTRY-DEU-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0 In stewardship review W1
  10. NEXUS REPORTS ITA Countries and unions Italy Baseline Edition 2026 The state of Italy's interdependent systems, water, energy, food, health and biodiversity, and the national risk portfolio at the 2026 baseline NR-COUNTRY-ITA-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0 In stewardship review W1
02Programme

The programme in numbers.

The Baseline Edition 2026 programme

86 editions in five families

  • Editions
    86
    one baseline per subject
  • Drafted
    10
    in stewardship review
  • Waves
    7
    W0 pilots to W6 technology
  • Evidence close
    30 Sep
    2026, for every baseline

Editions by family

drafted and in preparation

  • Drafted, in review
  • In preparation
The 86 baseline editions by family, and how many are drafted.Counts from the programme record; an edition is published only when it is deposited with its DOI.
03Board

Every edition, by country, region, system and series.

86 editions in five families. 10 drafted and in stewardship review; the rest in preparation, wave by wave.

Drafted, in stewardship reviewIn preparation

ACountries and unions26

  1. CANCanadaW0
  2. USAUnited StatesW1
  3. GBRUnited KingdomW1
  4. FRAFranceW1
  5. DEUGermanyW1
  6. ITAItalyW1
  7. JPNJapanW1
  8. EUEuropean UnionW1
  9. CHESwitzerlandW1
  10. MEXMexicoW2
  11. BRABrazilW2
  12. ARGArgentinaW2
  13. TURTürkiyeW2
  14. RUSRussian FederationW2
  15. SAUSaudi ArabiaW2
  16. AREUnited Arab EmiratesW2
  17. ZAFSouth AfricaW2
  18. SENSenegalW2
  19. KENKenyaW2
  20. AUAfrican UnionW2
  21. INDIndiaW2
  22. CHNChinaW2
  23. KORRepublic of KoreaW2
  24. IDNIndonesiaW2
  25. SGPSingaporeW2
  26. AUSAustraliaW2

CRegions10

  1. C-01Region 1 of 10Subject set at commissioningW3
  2. C-02Region 2 of 10Subject set at commissioningW3
  3. C-03Region 3 of 10Subject set at commissioningW3
  4. C-04Region 4 of 10Subject set at commissioningW3
  5. C-05Region 5 of 10Subject set at commissioningW3
  6. C-06Region 6 of 10Subject set at commissioningW3
  7. C-07Region 7 of 10Subject set at commissioningW3
  8. C-08Region 8 of 10Subject set at commissioningW3
  9. C-09Region 9 of 10Subject set at commissioningW3
  10. C-10Region 10 of 10Subject set at commissioningW3

DGlobal and sector16

  1. GLBGlobal SystemsW0
  2. GS-01Global WaterW0
  3. GS-02Global EnergyW4
  4. GS-03Global Food and agrifoodW4
  5. GS-04Global HealthW4
  6. GS-05Global Finance and economyW4
  7. GS-06Global DevelopmentW4
  8. GS-07Global ClimateW4
  9. GS-08Global DisasterW4
  10. GS-09Global InfrastructureW4
  11. GS-10Global CitiesW4
  12. GS-11Global BiodiversityW4
  13. GS-12Global Earth observationW4
  14. GS-13Global Cyber and digitalW4
  15. GS-14Global Policy and institutionsW4
  16. GS-15Global Science and engineeringW4

EStrategic14

  1. SR-01Global PolycrisisW0
  2. SR-02Strategic system 2Subject set at commissioningW5
  3. SR-03Strategic system 3Subject set at commissioningW5
  4. SR-04MineralsW5
  5. SR-05Fiscal resilienceW5
  6. SR-06Strategic system 6Subject set at commissioningW5
  7. SR-07Food, water and energyW5
  8. SR-08Strategic system 8Subject set at commissioningW5
  9. SR-09Planetary boundariesW5
  10. SR-10Digital public infrastructureW5
  11. SR-11Strategic system 11Subject set at commissioningW5
  12. SR-12Strategic system 12Subject set at commissioningW5
  13. SR-13Strategic technologyW5
  14. SR-14Strategic system 14Subject set at commissioningW5

FTechnology20

  1. XT-01Artificial Intelligence and Agentic SystemsW0
  2. XT-02Technology 2Subject set at commissioningW6
  3. XT-03Technology 3Subject set at commissioningW6
  4. XT-04Technology 4Subject set at commissioningW6
  5. XT-05Technology 5Subject set at commissioningW6
  6. XT-06SemiconductorsW6
  7. XT-07Technology 7Subject set at commissioningW6
  8. XT-08Technology 8Subject set at commissioningW6
  9. XT-09Technology 9Subject set at commissioningW6
  10. XT-10Technology 10Subject set at commissioningW6
  11. XT-11Technology 11Subject set at commissioningW6
  12. XT-12Technology 12Subject set at commissioningW6
  13. XT-13Technology 13Subject set at commissioningW6
  14. XT-14Technology 14Subject set at commissioningW6
  15. XT-15Technology 15Subject set at commissioningW6
  16. XT-16Technology 16Subject set at commissioningW6
  17. XT-17Technology 17Subject set at commissioningW6
  18. XT-18Technology 18Subject set at commissioningW6
  19. XT-19Technology 19Subject set at commissioningW6
  20. XT-20Technology 20Subject set at commissioningW6
  • W0Pilots: one of each type and the global anchor
  • W1Major economies and unions
  • W2Further countries and the African Union
  • W3Ten regions
  • W4Global sector editions
  • W5Strategic system editions
  • W6Technology editions
04Series

Series GCRI leads and feeds.

SeriesGCRI roleSeries home
Global Systems Risk and ResilienceLeadsOpen
Country Systems Risk and ResilienceLeadsOpen
Country QuarterlyLeadsOpen
Regional SystemsLeadsOpen
Global Sector Risk and ResilienceLeadsOpen
Strategic SystemsLeadsOpen
Exponential TechnologyLeadsOpen
Foresight OutlookLeadsOpen
Scenario and Stress-TestLeadsOpen
Methods and TechnicalLeadsOpen
Labs EvidenceLeadsOpen
Foundry Build and ReadinessLeadsOpen
Observatory SignalLeadsOpen
Nexus Universe Annual SynthesisLeadsOpen
Portfolio and ReadinessLeadsOpen
Finance and Insurance ReadinessLeadsOpen
Evidence BriefLeadsOpen
05Identifiers

One edition, one name.

IdentifierExampleWhat it names
Publication IDNR-COUNTRY-GBR-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0One version of one edition
Series aliasNR-NAT-GBR-2026-BLThe edition in its series
Finding IDNRF-…One finding, quoted with its status
Figure IDFIG-…One figure, with its source and licence
Evidence cutNQ-GBR-2026-Q0-1The sealed evidence an edition was built from
DOIconcept and version, at depositThe citable record on Zenodo
06Lifecycle

One state at a time.

  1. 01DraftWritten from the template and the content pack.
  2. 02ComputedValues computed from the evidence cut.
  3. 03Evidence boundEvery value resolves to its source or stated method.
  4. 04ReviewedFive review passes, with the three steward keys.
  5. 05Approved for releaseThe exact digest approved for release.
  6. 06PublishedDeposited with its DOI and projected to the sites.
  7. 07CorrectedA notice and a new version.
  8. 08SupersededReplaced by a later version, which it points to.
07Cite

Cite an edition in NR-CIT-1, BibTeX, RIS or CSL.

Citation

Cite an edition in your manager's format.

House style NR-CIT-1 puts the responsible editor first. Every machine form is written from the same record, so the printed and the machine citation never differ.

Canada, Baseline Edition 2026, version v1.0.0. With scripts on, choose any edition and version.

NR-CIT-1
S. Valadbaygi (ed.), Nexus Canada Systems Risk and Resilience Report 2026 · Baseline Edition. Nexus Reports series · Edition 2026–2030 · Baseline Edition 2026 · v1.0.0 · GCRI for the Nexus Consortium, Toronto, 2026 · NR-COUNTRY-CAN-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0 · DOI at deposit
BibTeX
@techreport{nrcan2026baseline, editor      = {Valadbaygi, Saeed}, title       = {Nexus Canada Systems Risk and Resilience Report 2026 · Baseline Edition}, institution = {The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI), for the Nexus Consortium}, address     = {Toronto}, year        = {2026}, type        = {Nexus Reports, Baseline Edition 2026}, number      = {NR-COUNTRY-CAN-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0}, version     = {1.0.0}, note        = {Nexus Reports series, Edition 2026--2030. DOI at deposit} }
RIS
TY  - RPRT A3  - Valadbaygi, Saeed TI  - Nexus Canada Systems Risk and Resilience Report 2026 · Baseline Edition T3  - Nexus Reports series, Edition 2026-2030 PB  - The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI), for the Nexus Consortium CY  - Toronto PY  - 2026 SN  - NR-COUNTRY-CAN-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0 ET  - Baseline Edition 2026, v1.0.0 N1  - DOI at deposit ER  - 
CSL JSON
{ "id": "nrcan2026baseline", "type": "report", "title": "Nexus Canada Systems Risk and Resilience Report 2026 · Baseline Edition", "editor": [ { "family": "Valadbaygi", "given": "Saeed" } ], "publisher": "The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI), for the Nexus Consortium", "publisher-place": "Toronto", "collection-title": "Nexus Reports series, Edition 2026–2030", "edition": "Baseline Edition 2026", "version": "1.0.0", "number": "NR-COUNTRY-CAN-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0", "issued": { "date-parts": [ [ 2026 ] ] } }

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