Readings from the other desks

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.

6.2Three lenses

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

6.3Standards, Academy and steward contributions

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

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.

6.6Global Risks Alliance reading: 2027 governance readiness pack

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

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• Superseded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. The edition assesses no one’s compliance.

• IN FORCE
• ADOPTED
• PUBLISHED · GUIDANCE
• PUBLISHED · VOLUNTARY

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

The review behind this edition covers governance 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 how the world is governed and its couplings?

Sources searched

agency flagships; index publishers; peer-reviewed governance literature; treaty and resolution texts

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

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. 16United Nations General Assembly, resolution 79/1, The Pact for the Future, 22 September 2024 (PDF read; 56 actions). United Nations, New York. Observation year 2024. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
2. 19World Health Assembly, resolution WHA78.1, WHO Pandemic Agreement, 20 May 2025 (PDF read, including the annexed agreement). World Health Organization, Geneva. Observation year 2025. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
3. 20World Health Assembly, International Health Regulations (2005) as amended, document A77/A/CONF./14, 1 June 2024 (PDF read). World Health Organization, Geneva. Observation year 2024. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
4. 18United Nations General Assembly, resolution 79/243, United Nations Convention against Cybercrime, 24 December 2024 (PDF read). United Nations, New York. Observation year 2024. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
5. 17United Nations General Assembly, resolution 79/325, Terms of reference and modalities for the establishment and functioning of the Independent International Scientific Panel on Artificial Intelligence and the Global Dialogue on Artificial Intelligence Governance, 26 August 2025 (PDF read). United Nations, New York. Observation year 2025. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
6. 31United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (ed.), United Nations Convention against Corruption (text of 2003 read as published by UNODC, Vienna, 2004). United Nations, Vienna. Observation year 2003. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
7. 21Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, decision 15/4, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, December 2022 (PDF read). Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Montreal. Observation year 2022. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
8. 22UNFCCC, decision 1/CMA.5, Outcome of the first global stocktake, FCCC/PA/CMA/2023/16/Add.1 (advance version of 15 March 2024; PDF read). UNFCCC secretariat, Bonn. Observation year 2023. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
9. 30United Nations General Assembly, resolution 69/283, Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015 to 2030 (PDF read; seven global targets). United Nations, New York. Observation year 2015. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
10. 35UNVERIFIED, not opened: Council of Europe (ed.), Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law (CETS 225, 2024); the page refused automated access and no figure is used. Council of Europe, Strasbourg. Observation year 2024. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
11. 39UNVERIFIED, not opened: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act), Official Journal of the European Union, 12 July 2024; the Official Journal page refused automated access, and the publication date was read on a third-party site that links to it. Observation year 2024. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
12. 40UNVERIFIED, not opened: ISO 37000:2021, Governance of organisations: Guidance. International Organization for Standardization, Geneva; the catalogue page refused automated access. Observation year 2021. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
13. 41UNVERIFIED, not opened: ISO 37001:2016, Anti-bribery management systems: Requirements with guidance for use. International Organization for Standardization, Geneva; the catalogue page refused automated access. Observation year 2016. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
14. 42UNVERIFIED, not opened: ISO 37301:2021, Compliance management systems: Requirements with guidance for use. International Organization for Standardization, Geneva; cited from memory. Observation year 2021. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
15. 43UNVERIFIED, not opened: ISO/IEC 42001:2023, Information technology: Artificial intelligence: Management system. ISO and IEC, Geneva; the catalogue page refused automated access. Observation year 2023. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
16. 44UNVERIFIED, not opened: OECD (ed.), Recommendation of the Council on Public Integrity, 2017; the site refused automated access. OECD, Paris. Observation year 2017. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
17. 24World Trade Organization (ed.), Dispute settlement: Appellate Body (page read; the term of the last sitting member expired on 30 November 2020; notified appeals listed to 21 November 2025). WTO, Geneva. Observation year 2025. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
18. 46UNVERIFIED, not opened: Ostrom, E., A General Framework for Analyzing Sustainability of Social-Ecological Systems, Science, July 2009 (the bibliographic record was checked in Crossref; the article was not opened). American Association for the Advancement of Science. Observation year 2009. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
19. 45UNVERIFIED, not opened: Lührmann, A. and Lindberg, S.I., A third wave of autocratization is here: what is new about it?, Democratization 26(7), 1095 to 1113, 2019 (the bibliographic record was checked in Crossref; the article was not opened). Taylor and Francis. Observation year 2019. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
20. 28COVID-19 National Preparedness Collaborators, Pandemic preparedness and COVID-19: an exploratory analysis of infection and fatality rates, and contextual factors associated with preparedness in 177 countries, from Jan 1, 2020, to Sept 30, 2021, The Lancet 399(10334), 1489 to 1512, 2022 (open-access record and abstract read through Europe PMC; the full text was not read). Elsevier. Observation year 2022. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
21. 26Kaufmann, D., Kraay, A. and Mastruzzi, M., The Worldwide Governance Indicators: Methodology and Analytical Issues, Policy Research Working Paper 5430 (PDF read). World Bank, Washington, September 2010. Observation year 2010. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
22. 27Anderljung, M. et al., Frontier AI Regulation: Managing Emerging Risks to Public Safety, arXiv preprint 2307.03718, July 2023 (abstract read through the arXiv interface; the full text was not opened). arXiv, Cornell University. Observation year 2023. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
23. 1Nord, M., Altman, D., Fernandes, T., Good God, A. and Lindberg, S.I., Democracy Report 2026: Unraveling The Democratic Era? (March 2026; PDF read, based on the V-Dem dataset v16). V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg. Observation year 2025. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
24. 2Freedom House (ed.), Freedom in the World 2026: The Growing Shadow of Autocracy, press release of 19 March 2026 (the press release was read, not the report). Freedom House, Washington. Observation year 2025. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
25. 3International IDEA (ed.), The Global State of Democracy 2025: Democracy on the Move (publication summary page read, not the PDF). International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, Stockholm. Observation year 2024 to 2025. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
26. 5UN DESA Statistics Division (ed.), The Sustainable Development Goals Extended Report 2026, Goal 16 indicator storylines (inputs as of 30 April 2026; PDF read). United Nations, New York. Observation year 2024 to 2025. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
27. 6United Nations Secretary-General, Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, A/81/93-E/2026/73, 8 June 2026 (PDF read). United Nations, New York. Observation year 2024 to 2025. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
28. 8OHCHR (ed.), Global Progress Report on Sustainable Development Goal 16: Indicators on Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies, 2025 edition (PDF opened; only the key-findings pages were used). Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva. Observation year 2024. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
29. 7UNHCR (ed.), Global Trends: Forced Displacement in 2025 (PDF read as a mirrored copy of the agency document; data as of 1 May 2026). UN Refugee Agency, Geneva. Observation year 2025. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
30. 9UNCTAD (ed.), A World of Debt 2026: Rising debt costs and stalling development (publication page with key statistics read; the full report was not opened). UN Trade and Development, Geneva. Observation year 2025. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
31. 10UN DESA Division for Public Institutions and Digital Government (ed.), United Nations E-Government Survey 2024 (survey page read). United Nations, New York. Observation year 2024. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
32. 4Transparency International (ed.), Corruption Perceptions Index 2025 (results page read). Transparency International, Berlin. Observation year 2025. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
33. 25Global Data Barometer (ed.), Global Data Barometer, second edition, key findings (page read; no figure used). Global Data Barometer, international. Observation year 2025. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
34. 12DATA VINTAGE AFTER CLOSE: World Bank (ed.), World Development Indicators, SG.GEN.PARL.ZS, proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments, world aggregate (API extract, series last updated 2026-10-08; underlying data from the Inter-Parliamentary Union). World Bank, Washington. Observation year 2025. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
35. 13DATA VINTAGE AFTER CLOSE: World Bank (ed.), World Development Indicators, GC.TAX.TOTL.GD.ZS (tax revenue, % of GDP) and IT.NET.USER.ZS (individuals using the Internet), world aggregates (API extract, series last updated 2026-10-08; the Internet series was read and not used in a finding). World Bank, Washington. Observation year 2024. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
36. 11ITU (ed.), Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2026 (statistics page read; the 2026 edition gives end-2026 estimates). International Telecommunication Union, Geneva. Observation year 2026 (estimate). Accessed 2026-11-03.back
37. 14FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO (eds.), The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2026: Understanding and addressing the high cost of a healthy diet (landing page read; the full report was not opened). FAO, Rome. Observation year 2025. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
38. 32UNVERIFIED, not opened: OECD (ed.), OECD Survey on Drivers of Trust in Public Institutions, 2024 results; the site refused automated access and no figure is used. OECD, Paris. Observation year 2023. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
39. 33UNVERIFIED, not opened: Inter-Parliamentary Union (ed.), Women in Parliament 2025 (published March 2026); the site refused automated access, and the figures used come from the World Bank series [12] and the UN extended report [5]. IPU, Geneva. Observation year 2025. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
40. 34UNVERIFIED, not opened: OECD (ed.), Preliminary Official Development Assistance Levels in 2025 (April 2026); the site refused automated access, and the 2025 total and fall are taken from the UN Secretary-General report [6], which was opened. OECD, Paris. Observation year 2025. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
41. 36UNVERIFIED, not opened: IMF (ed.), Fiscal Monitor, 2026 editions; the site refused automated access and no figure is used. International Monetary Fund, Washington. Observation year 2025. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
42. 37UNVERIFIED, not opened: Open Government Partnership (ed.), membership and action plan data; the site refused automated access and no figure is used. OGP, Washington. Observation year 2026. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
43. 23UNFCCC (ed.), The Paris Agreement, status of ratification (page read: 194 Parties of the 198 Parties to the Convention). UNFCCC secretariat, Bonn. Observation year 2026. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
44. 29United Nations General Assembly, resolution 70/1, Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, 25 September 2015 (PDF read; 17 goals and 169 targets). United Nations, New York. Observation year 2015. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
45. 38UNVERIFIED, not opened: UNDRR (ed.), Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2025; the site refused automated access and no figure is used. United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Geneva. Observation year 2025. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
46. 47UNVERIFIED, not opened: UNECE (ed.), Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters (Aarhus Convention), 1998; the PDF refused automated access. United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, Geneva. Observation year 1998. Accessed 2026-11-03.back
47. 48UNVERIFIED, not opened: ECLAC (ed.), Regional Agreement on Access to Information, Public Participation and Justice in Environmental Matters in Latin America and the Caribbean (Escazú Agreement), 2018; the repository refused automated access. United Nations ECLAC, Santiago. Observation year 2018. Accessed 2026-11-03.back