> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.therisk.global/organization/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.therisk.global/organization/programme/reports.md). # Nexus Reports Nexus Reports, the publication pillar of the Nexus programme: one governed publication programme of quarterly country editions, an annual flagship and specialist series, each with sources, limits and *Where this fits: applied response. Pillar: Nexus Reports. Institutions: GCRI (publisher), GRF (authorises publication at G6), GRA (finance and insurance chapter). Phases: one edition each quarter. Kind: pillar page.* **In brief.** Nexus Reports is where the programme publishes. It is one governed publication programme: quarterly country editions, an annual flagship and specialist series, each with its sources, limits and correction history ([Nexus Reports programme](https://therisk.global/publications/nexus-reports/)). An edition is published after review, not to a calendar, and is never a government risk register or a sovereign rating; countries are never ranked. At the time of writing there are no approved releases: "Current approved releases: None" ([Reports gateway](https://therisk.global/ecosystem/reports/)). > **Boundary.** "An edition is published after review, not to a calendar, and is never an official government risk register or a sovereign rating."
Nexus Reports on the hexagon of the six pillars, with the pillars it hands work to or receives work from selected, every handoff among those pillars, and the phases of the programme year in which recorded handoffs happen. Pillars it exchanges no work with are shown unselected.

Nexus Reports in the programme. A designed programme cycle, not a record of operation. Handoff identifiers F01 to F14 and R1 to R4 as in the sites' pillar model. Source: the sectors and pillars model published on the GCRI, GRF and GRA home pages, vendored and hash-pinned in tools/figures/vendor/nexus-model. As of 2026-10-21.

Figure data (text alternative) | Element | Kind | Description | Value | | --------------------- | --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------- | | F01 | Handoff | Universe to Foundry: Admitted mission becomes a cycle project with a decision case | Readiness preparation | | F02 | Handoff | Foundry to Universe: Core Build Report and go or no-go evidence | Controlled build | | F03 | Handoff in play | Foundry to Reports: Sealed observations and indicator series behind a profile | Closeout | | F04 | Handoff in play | Universe to Reports: After-action and scenario findings for chapters 10 and 13 | After-action review | | F05 | Handoff in play | Foundry to Reports: National Portfolio movement for chapter 11 | After-action review | | F06 | Handoff in play | Reports to Standards: Method and correction findings as change proposals | Correction | | F07 | Handoff | Universe to Standards: Docket items that need a standard or a profile | Docket review | | F08 | Handoff | Standards to Foundry: Composed mission profiles and national adoption records | Readiness preparation | | F09 | Handoff | Standards to Academy: Each adopted standard or profile becomes a course module | Renewal | | F10 | Handoff | Universe to Academy: Assessed cycle tasks become completion evidence | Closeout | | F11 | Handoff | Academy to Universe: Qualified participants for the next cycle's roles | Renewal | | F12 | Handoff in play | Reports to Universe: Q4 synthesis informs the next-year mandate | Renewal | | F13 | Handoff | Foundry to Standards: Validation and monitoring evidence for conformance review | Controlled build | | F14 | Handoff | Foundry to Academy: Each system's rooms become a learning-by-doing course | Planning | | R1 | Handoff in play | Standards to Reports: Applied in editions | Around the ring | | R2 | Handoff in play | Reports to Academy: Taught in the open | Around the ring | | R3 | Handoff | Academy to Labs: Questions become experiments | Around the ring | | R4 | Handoff | Labs to Foundry: Tested prototypes are built | Around the ring | | Labs | Pillar | Explore, experiment and prototype | – | | Foundry | Pillar | Build, simulate and prepare | in this route | | Universe | Pillar | Convene and test | in this route | | Standards | Pillar | Codify, correct and apply | in this route | | Reports | Pillar | Publish in every format | in this route | | Academy | Pillar | Teach in the open | in this route | | Planning | Phase (Q1, G0) | F14 Each system's rooms become a learning-by-doing course | 1 handoff(s) | | Readiness preparation | Phase (Q2, G2) | F01 Admitted mission becomes a cycle project with a decision case; F08 Composed mission profiles and national adoption records | 2 handoff(s) | | Controlled build | Phase (Q2, G3) | F02 Core Build Report and go or no-go evidence; F13 Validation and monitoring evidence for conformance review | 2 handoff(s) | | Closeout | Phase (Q3, G5) | F03 Sealed observations and indicator series behind a profile; F10 Assessed cycle tasks become completion evidence | 2 handoff(s) | | After-action review | Phase (Q3) | F04 After-action and scenario findings for chapters 10 and 13; F05 National Portfolio movement for chapter 11 | 2 handoff(s) | | Correction | Phase (Q4) | F06 Method and correction findings as change proposals | 1 handoff(s) | | Docket review | Phase (Q4) | F07 Docket items that need a standard or a profile | 1 handoff(s) | | Renewal | Phase (Q4, G7) | F09 Each adopted standard or profile becomes a course module; F11 Qualified participants for the next cycle's roles; F12 Q4 synthesis informs the next-year mandate | 3 handoff(s) |
## How Nexus Reports works **Four editions a year.** Each quarter has its edition: Q1 State and Agenda, Q2 Evidence and Build, Q3 Stress Test and Readiness, and Q4 Annual Synthesis and Renewal, the flagship. The country family is titled the Nexus Country Systems Risk and Resilience Report; the programme describes seventeen series in all. Each country agrees the scope of its profile before Q1, and regional profiles never override a country's own findings. The streams and the eight technology streams are generated below from the programme spine. | Stream | Cadence | | ------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Country profiles | Updated each quarter; the Q4 flagship is the annual country report | | Regional profiles | Semi-annual (Q2 and Q4) | | Exponential technology streams | Each quarter, one stream at a time in rotation | | Code | Technology stream | | ---- | ----------------------------------- | | AIS | AI and foundation models | | CMP | Advanced and sovereign compute | | GSP | Earth observation and space | | DTW | Digital twins and simulation | | ZTA | Digital identity and trust | | SNS | Sensing, timing and positioning | | ENE | Energy transition technologies | | SFW | Software and supply-chain integrity | Editions released to date: 0. **Records of an edition.** Every edition carries a persistent identifier from [DataCite](https://schema.datacite.org/) together with a UNI under [NS-1](https://nexustandards.com/standards/ns-1/), contributor roles under the CRediT taxonomy ([ANSI/NISO Z39.104-2022](https://credit.niso.org/)), data published under the FAIR principles ([Wilkinson et al., 2016](https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.18)), and the publication-ethics practice of the [Committee on Publication Ethics](https://publicationethics.org/). Every finding carries one of nine evidence labels: Observed, Officially reported, Institution-reported, Estimated, Modelled, Forecast, Scenario, Expert judgement or Unknown. **Who does what.** GCRI publishes. GRF authorises publication of the year's results at gate G6. GRA's reading of what the findings mean for finance and insurance feeds the finance and insurance chapter of the annual flagship ([GRA in the Consortium](https://globalriskalliance.com/about/consortium-role/)). Reports sends method and correction findings to [Nexus Standards](/organization/institutions/nexus-standards.md) as change proposals (F06) and its Q4 synthesis to Nexus Universe, where it informs the next year's mandate (F12). **Corrections.** A correction produces a new version of an edition; the earlier version stays on record with the correction history, so that a reader can always see what changed and why. ## The pillar in the model The tables in this section are generated from the sites' pillar model, so they match the GCRI, GRF and GRA home pages. ### At a glance What the pillar does, the records it owns, the boundary it keeps and where it is published. | | | | -------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Does | Publishes four editions a year, with Q4 as the annual flagship; Maintains country and regional profiles; Publishes exponential technology streams; Records corrections and method changes | | Records it owns | Editions and their evidence cutoff; Country and regional profiles; Technology stream briefs; Correction history | | Boundary | An edition is published after review, not to a calendar, and is never an official government risk register or a sovereign rating. | | Public home | [therisk.global/nexus-reports](https://therisk.global/nexus-reports/) | | On the institutions' sites | [GCRI: Publish](https://therisk.global/nexus-cycle/publish/) · [GRF: Publish](https://globalriskforum.com/nexus-cycle/publish/) · [GRA: Publish](https://globalriskalliance.com/nexus-cycle/publish/) | | Further pages | [Nexus Reports at The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation](https://therisk.global/nexus-reports/) · [Nexus Reports at Global Risks Forum](https://globalriskforum.com/nexus-reports/) · [Nexus Reports at Global Risks Alliance](https://globalriskalliance.com/nexus-reports/) · [Nexus Reports at Nexus Standards](https://nexustandards.com/nexus-reports/) · [Nexus Reports at Risk Academy](https://risksacademy.com/nexus-reports/) | ### Handoffs The handoffs this pillar sends and receives. Recorded handoffs (F01 to F14) happen in a named phase; ring handoffs (R1 to R4) run continuously. | Id | Direction | Phase | What moves | | --- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------- | | F03 | From [Foundry](/organization/programme/foundry.md) | Closeout | Sealed observations and indicator series behind a profile | | F04 | From [Nexus Universe](/organization/programme/universe.md) | After-action review | After-action and scenario findings for chapters 10 and 13 | | F05 | From [Foundry](/organization/programme/foundry.md) | After-action review | National Portfolio movement for chapter 11 | | F06 | To [Nexus Standards](/organization/programme/standards.md) | Correction | Method and correction findings as change proposals | | F12 | To [Nexus Universe](/organization/programme/universe.md) | Renewal | Q4 synthesis informs the next-year mandate | | R1 | From [Nexus Standards](/organization/programme/standards.md) | Continuous | Applied in editions | | R2 | To [Risk Academy](/organization/programme/academy.md) | Continuous | Taught in the open | ### Through the year What the pillar does in each quarter and in each phase of the programme year. | Quarter | Edition | What this pillar does | | ------- | ---------------------------- | --------------------------------- | | Q1 | State and Agenda | State and Agenda edition | | Q2 | Evidence and Build | Evidence and Build edition | | Q3 | Stress Test and Readiness | Stress Test and Readiness edition | | Q4 | Annual Synthesis and Renewal | Annual Synthesis, the flagship | | Phase | Quarter | Gate | Work in this phase | | --------------------- | ------- | ---- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Planning | Q1 | G0 | Records each country's profile scope agreement, then publishes the Q1 State and Agenda edition. | | Readiness preparation | Q2 | G2 | Collects source updates and method notes for the Q2 Evidence and Build edition. | | Controlled build | Q2 | G3 | Publishes the Q2 edition: new evidence and capability, labelled configured, not validated. | | Action Week | Q3 | G4 | Observes; nothing simulated is reported as observed impact. | | Stand-down | Q3 | – | Freezes the evidence manifest it will draw on. | | Closeout | Q3 | G5 | Receives the sealed evidence for the Q3 edition. | | After-action review | Q3 | – | Publishes the Q3 Stress Test and Readiness edition. | | Reporting | Q4 | G6 | Publishes the Q4 Annual Synthesis: country and regional profiles and technology streams. | | Correction | Q4 | – | Publishes a new version with the correction and its reason. | | Docket review | Q4 | – | Lists open questions for the next Q1 edition. | | Network review | Q4 | – | Draws on measured results only; device counts are not results. | | Renewal | Q4 | G7 | Closes the year's edition series; the next Q1 starts from the Q4 synthesis. | ### At each scale What the pillar does locally, nationally, regionally and at planetary scale. | Scale | What this pillar does at that scale | | --------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Local | Local evidence enters a profile only within the scope its country agreed. | | National | Country profiles are updated each quarter, within the scope each country agreed before Q1. | | Regional | Regional profiles are published twice a year, in Q2 and Q4, and never override a country's own findings. | | Planetary | The Q4 Annual Synthesis reads country, regional and technology work together, without ranking countries. | ### In each operating area The fourteen operating areas the programme answers for, as this pillar answers them. | Area | Question | For this pillar | | ---------------------- | --------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | Leadership | Who leads, and on what record. | Series editors lead each edition under the series method; no funder, sponsor or member can buy or block a finding. | | Strategy | How the year's priorities are set. | Each country programme agrees the scope of its profile before Q1, and nothing outside that scope is published. | | Cadence | When the work happens in the year. | Quarterly: Q1 State and Agenda, Q2 Evidence and Build, Q3 Stress Test and Readiness, and the Q4 Annual Synthesis as the flagship; an edition is published after review, not to a calendar. | | Ownership | Which records each pillar owns. | Owns editions and their evidence cutoff, country and regional profiles, technology stream briefs and the correction history. | | Process | How work moves, step by step. | Contribution, editorial review, publication with version history, then challenge and correction as a new version. | | Development | What is developed, and how capacity grows. | Develops country profiles each quarter, regional profiles twice a year and one exponential technology stream at a time. | | Simulations | How scenarios and exercises are run and read. | Publishes scenario findings labelled as modelled, with their uncertainty. | | Reporting | How results reach the public record. | Publishes every output in every format across its five sites, each edition with sources, limits and corrections. | | Governance | Who decides, and what a decision is not. | Publication is not authority: an edition is never a government risk register or a sovereign rating, and countries are never ranked. | | Data and evidence | Where the evidence comes from and how it is kept. | Observed, modelled and estimated evidence stay apart, and each edition states its evidence cutoff. | | Finance and resourcing | How work is resourced and made readable to finance. | The Finance and Insurance Readiness and the Portfolio and Readiness series make the evidence readable to finance. | | Risk and assurance | How errors are caught and limits are stated. | Each finding states its method, uncertainty and limits, and reproducible concerns go to the owner of the finding. | | Participation | Who takes part, and how. | Researchers and practitioners contribute reviewed findings, and any reader can challenge a finding. | | Communication | How each pillar speaks in public. | Every output is published in accessible formats with its version history. | ### Applied to the eight contexts How the pillar would apply to each teaching context of the model, and the measure it would answer for. These are illustrative applications, not delivered projects. | Context | Illustrative application | Measure | Applied | | ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------ | ---------------------------------------- | ------- | | [Urban flood](/organization/model/scenarios/urban-flood.md) | City flood profile of exposed lifelines | Assets profiled (higher is better) | – | | [Hydropower reservoir](/organization/model/scenarios/hydropower.md) | Basin profile: storage, output and river health | Basin indicators (higher is better) | yes | | [Drought](/organization/model/scenarios/drought.md) | Seasonal drought outlook and food-price signals | Outlooks issued (higher is better) | yes | | [Heatwave](/organization/model/scenarios/heatwave.md) | Heat season review of health and power outcomes | Excess deaths tracked (higher is better) | yes | | [Grid blackout](/organization/model/scenarios/blackout.md) | Lifeline resilience profile | Outage hours a year (lower is better) | – | | [Pandemic](/organization/model/scenarios/pandemic.md) | After-action findings on essential services | Findings acted on (higher is better) | yes | | [Pollinator decline](/organization/model/scenarios/pollinator.md) | Nature and nutrition profile | Indicators tracked (higher is better) | yes | | [Coastal storm surge](/organization/model/scenarios/storm-surge.md) | Coastal risk profile, built and natural defences | Coast profiled (higher is better) | yes | ### The institutions in this pillar What GCRI, GRF and GRA each contribute. | Institution | Contribution | | ----------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | | GCRI | Hosts the canonical Nexus Reports site and publishes evidence on countries, sectors and methods. | | GRF | Publishes governance analysis and authorises publication of the year's results at gate G6. | | GRA | Publishes sector analysis and the finance and insurance readiness series. | ## Read further * [Programme](/organization/programme.md): the six pillars together. * [The programme year](/organization/programme/the-programme-year.md): every phase, gate and actor. * [The Nexus cycle](/organization/programme/the-nexus-cycle.md): from a question to renewal, and who decides. * [The model](/organization/model.md): coupled risk and applied response. * [Operations › Reports](/organization/operations/reports.md): the earlier, detailed reports guide. ## Sources * GCRI, [Nexus Reports programme](https://therisk.global/publications/nexus-reports/) and [Reports gateway](https://therisk.global/ecosystem/reports/), as of 2026-10-21. * GRA, [GRA in the Consortium](https://globalriskalliance.com/about/consortium-role/). * DataCite. [DataCite Metadata Schema](https://schema.datacite.org/). * NISO (2022). [CRediT, Contributor Roles Taxonomy](https://credit.niso.org/). ANSI/NISO Z39.104-2022. * Wilkinson, M. D. et al. (2016). The FAIR Guiding Principles for scientific data management and stewardship. *Scientific Data* 3, 160018. [doi:10.1038/sdata.2016.18](https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2016.18). * Committee on Publication Ethics. [COPE](https://publicationethics.org/). * Pillar model and programme spine of the sites (vendored in the documentation repository, `tools/figures/vendor/nexus-model`): the source of every generated table on this page. --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. 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