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South America
The state of South America’s interdependent systems (water, energy, food, health and biodiversity) across its member countries, at the 2026 baseline. The GCRI core edition is drafted and in stewardship review; the other desks in the remit write their own editions of this subject.
- Code
- REG-SAM
- Family
- Regional Systems
- Region
- South America
- Hub
- São Paulo
01 · Commissioning
Subject to be commissioned.
Slot C-10 of the programme was left open, with its subject set at commissioning. South America is the proposed subject. It is not confirmed until the slot is commissioned, and you can propose another.
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Slot | C-10 |
| Proposed subject | South America |
| Why this subject | Reads Brazil and Argentina with the Amazon and Paraná basins, hydropower and the food exports that couple the region to world markets. |
| Where the proposal comes from | The programme’s subject registry and the federation’s ten regions with their hubs |
| State | Proposed, confirmed at commissioning |
How to propose a subject or contribute:
- Send a counter-proposal or a scoping note through the contribution form on this page, with the subject code C-10 (REG-SAM) in the subject field.
- Say what the subject should cover, which country, sector or technology editions it would read across, and which open sources would carry its baseline.
- Evidence for the proposed subject is welcome now: a dataset release, an official statistic or a peer-reviewed paper, with its licence.
- The desk that owns the subject reviews every proposal at commissioning. The subject is confirmed, changed or replaced then, and the decision is listed in Releases and notices.
02 · Editions
Editions over time.
One Baseline Edition, then one edition each quarter. Quarters after the baseline are planned and have no content yet.
| Edition | Identifier | State | Evidence cut or quarter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline 2026 | NR-REGIONAL-SAM-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0 | Drafted, in stewardship review | NQ-REG-SAM-2026-Q0-1 |
| Q1 2027 | NR-REGIONAL-SAM-2027-Q1-v1.0.0 (reserved) | Planned | State and agenda |
| Q2 2027 | NR-REGIONAL-SAM-2027-Q2-v1.0.0 (reserved) | Planned | Evidence and build |
| Q3 2027 | NR-REGIONAL-SAM-2027-Q3-v1.0.0 (reserved) | Planned | Stress test and readiness |
| Q4 2027 | NR-REGIONAL-SAM-2027-Q4-v1.0.0 (reserved) | Planned | Annual flagship |
03 · Collection
The subject collection, across desks.
The subject collection holds the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) core edition and every desk edition for this subject, compiled by GCRI Canada into the Collection. The marked row is this desk.
| Desk | Edition | State |
|---|---|---|
| GCRI Systems Evidence | South America 2026 | Drafted, in stewardship review |
| GRF Public Deliberation | Public Deliberation: South America 2026 | In preparation |
| GRA Capital Readiness | Outside this desk’s remit | Not in remit |
| Standards Progress | Outside this desk’s remit | Not in remit |
| Academy Capability | Outside this desk’s remit | Not in remit |
| Index Measurement | Measurement: South America 2026 | In preparation |
04 · Frame
The eight chapters.
The core edition’s chapters on the frame every desk shares.
| Frame | Core edition chapter | State |
|---|---|---|
| 1 · The question | The coupled system | Read the chapter |
| 2 · Findings | Findings | Read the chapter |
| 3 · By system and sector | Systems and sectors | Read the chapter |
| 4 · Risk and capability | Risks and capability | Read the chapter |
| 5 · Scenario | Scenario cascade | Read the chapter |
| 6 · Readings | Readings from the other desks | Read the chapter |
| 7 · Agenda | The 2027 agenda | Read the chapter |
| 8 · In depth | Systems in depth | Read the chapter |
05 · Follow
Follow this subject.
- Releases and notices: each new edition and correction of this subject is listed there once deposited.
- Zenodo community nexusreports-gcri: every deposit of this desk, with its DOI.
- Contribute: evidence, a correction or a case for this subject, routed to the desk that takes it.
Contribute on South America.
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