FRAMEWORK

1- OBJECTIVES

1. Technology Solutions: GCRI is at the forefront of integrating solution technologies in all areas of exponential technology, including artificial intelligence, blockchain, and quantum. This integration is aimed at enhancing planetary nexus governance frameworks for effective risk mitigation and resilience building.

2. Research and Development: The organization undertakes original research and development across the spectrum of exponential technologies. By doing so, GCRI contributes to the creation of integrated, innovative solutions that address complex global challenges within the planetary nexus governance framework.

3. Strategic Objectives:

   • Global Knowledge Exchange and Collaborative Dialogue: Leveraging advanced digital infrastructure for global connectivity and knowledge sharing.

   • Standardization and Precision in Risk Management and Innovation: Developing standards in metrology and standardization to underpin innovation and risk management.

   • Guidance on International and National Standards Development: Providing expertise for the development of robust standards across various domains.

   • Scholarly and Policy Publications: Disseminating research findings through academic and policy-oriented publications to influence global discourse.

   • Liaison and Technical Interaction with Global Entities: Engaging in technical exchanges with international organizations to align global efforts.

   • Advanced Study of Fundamental and Applied Domains: Conducting in-depth research in both core and applied areas of risk management and innovation.

   • Integration of Solution Technologies: Building and providing integrated technological solutions across exponential technology areas to support the planetary nexus governance framework.

   • Contribution to Planetary Nexus Governance: Enhancing risk mitigation and resilience through the application of exponential technologies within an integrated governance framework.

2- MISSION

To advance the scholarly and practical understanding of risk management and resilience-building within the context of sustainable development, integrating high-level academic insights, industry best practices, and policy innovation across global communities.

3- SCOPE

• Multidisciplinary aspects of science, technology, and societal impacts within the realms of risk and resilience.

• Establishment of foundational standards and metrological procedures specific to risk management and sustainable innovation.

• Formulation and application of international and national standards in risk management domains.

• Engagement in scholarly research and policy discussions on science, technology, and societal intersections within risk management.

4- SCALE

• International level operations focusing on global communities.

• Involvement of academia, industry, government, civil society, and the environment through the Quintuple Helix model of innovation.

• Collaboration with international bodies engaged in science, technology, standardization, and innovation in risk management.

• Hosting of biennial sessions and meetings across member countries to facilitate global dialogue and collaboration.

5- STRUCTURE

1. General Assembly (GA): The pinnacle of governance, comprising Trustees, senior officers from Regional Stewardship Boards (RSBs), and representatives from National Working Groups (NWGs). It embodies democratic governance by ensuring broad representation and decision-making power across the organization.

2. Board of Trustees: Central governance pillar, overseeing the organization's strategic direction and ensuring adherence to its mission and values. The Board formulates policies and ensures legal and ethical compliance, providing reports to the GA for transparency and accountability.

3. Specialized Leadership Boards (SLBs): Comprising the Engineering Leadership Board (ELB), Industry Leadership Board (ILB), Strategic Leadership Board (STLB), Legacy Leadership Board (LLB), and Academic Leadership Board (ALB), these boards steer specific domains within GCRI, ensuring expertise-led governance in technical, industry-specific, strategic, legacy, and academic areas.

4. Global Stewardship Board (GSB): Features key roles like President, Treasurer, Secretary, and Directors from each RSB, filled through democratic processes. It provides strategic guidance and oversight, ensuring alignment with GCRI’s mission.

5. Regional Stewardship Boards (RSBs): Oversee the organization's affairs at a regional level, aligning global initiatives with local specifics and ensuring the democratic inclusion of regional perspectives in global directives.

6. National Working Groups (NWGs): Facilitate GCRI's global mission at the national level, ensuring local engagement and the translation of global strategies into actionable regional strategies.

Multi-scale Leadership Architecture

• Quintuple Helix Model: Involves academia, industry, government, civil society, and the environment, fostering a holistic and interdisciplinary approach to risk management.

• Nexus Governance Framework: Integrates strategic oversight with effective operational management, emphasizing collaboration and innovation across various levels of society.

• Democratic Election and Representation: Roles within the GSB, RSBs, and other boards are filled through a democratic process, reflecting the organization's commitment to participatory governance.

• Regional and Global Integration: RSBs and NWGs ensure that local insights and challenges inform global strategies, facilitating a bottom-up approach to global governance and policy impact.

Democratic Principles of Norm Setting

• Inclusive Participation: GCRI's structure allows for broad participation across different sectors and regions, ensuring diverse perspectives in norm setting and policy development.

• Transparency and Accountability: Regular meetings, strategic planning sessions, and the publication of reports and proceedings foster transparency. Decision-making processes within GA and other boards ensure accountability at all levels.

• Global to Local Impact: By aligning its activities with global standards and engaging with high-level global governance entities GCRI influences policy and innovation on the global stage. This ensures that initiatives are both globally informed and locally applicable, impacting international policy and fostering global innovation in risk management and resilience building.

6- NEXUS

Core Concepts [1]:

1. Planetary Nexus Governance: Recognizes the interconnected nature of global sustainability issues and advocates for an integrated approach to governance that transcends traditional, fragmented systems.

2. Interacting Planetary Boundaries: Highlights the dynamic interactions among various planetary boundaries, underscoring the need for governance that considers these complex interdependencies.

3. Global Telecoupling and Tipping Cascades: Addresses the global interconnectedness of local environmental actions and their potential to trigger cascading effects across the planet.

4. Earth System Perspective: Advocates for a governance approach that is informed by an understanding of the Earth as a complex, integrated system, requiring laws and policies that reflect this complexity.

5. Ecological Grundnorm: Proposes the adoption of a fundamental norm, such as planetary integrity, to guide the development and application of international sustainability frameworks, standards and environmental law.

6. International Institutional Law: Suggests leveraging secondary rules of international law to address fragmentation and promote integrated governance across different environmental regimes.

Policy Implications [1]:

1. Reform of International Environmental Law: Calls for a reorientation of international environmental law to incorporate an earth system perspective, emphasizing the need for laws that are capable of managing the interconnected challenges of the Anthropocene.

2. Adoption of a Unifying Grundnorm: Recommends the establishment of a foundational principle, such as planetary integrity, to unify disparate areas of sustainability frameworks, international standards, environmental law under a common goal.

3. Enhanced Role of International Institutional Law: Advocates for the development of secondary rules that facilitate the integration of fragmented legal regimes, promoting coherence and synergy among laws governing different aspects of sustainability.

4. Planetary-Scale Nexus Governance: Encourages the extension of nexus governance to the global level, addressing the interconnectedness of environmental issues across the planet.

5. Integration of Secondary Rules: Highlights the potential of secondary rules to bridge gaps between primary rules of conduct, offering a mechanism to resolve normative conflicts and promote integrated governance.

[1] Towards planetary nexus governance in the Anthropocene: An earth system law perspective Louis J. Kotzé, Rakhyun E. Kim