Asia and the Pacific region
The Asia and the Pacific region of Nexus Consortiums spans large manufacturing and logistics networks, monsoon and glacier-fed river basins, and Pacific island states facing compound climate and connectivity risk. Work is organised by subregion so that national programmes can compare semiconductor, port, energy and hazard dependencies without merging their data or authority. The region is forming. Three hubs are planned as coordination roles; none operates, and none is an office. This page sets out the region from the perspective of The Global Risks Forum (GRF).
- Institution
- The Global Risks Forum (GRF)
- Service level
- R0: information and enquiries
Deliberation desk
Asia and the Pacific region · Council of members · Round 3 of 5
Deliberation
- Frame the questionagreed
- Evidence briefindependent
- Hear positionsall members
- Optionswith trade-offs
- Recommendreasons
- Decidemandate holder
Positions
| Member state A | Support | Neutral | Object | Funding concern |
| Member state B | Neutral | Support | Support | |
| Regional body | Support | Support | Neutral | Prefers phasing |
| Civil society | Object | Support | Support | Equity |
Rules
- Quorum
- 2 thirds
- Dissent
- recorded with reasons
- Evidence
- brief EB-09
- Decision
- not GRF's
GRF · Deliberation deskDeliberation desk, in outline: domain structure with placeholder names and illustrative values, not a record.
The short answer.
The Asia and the Pacific region, seen from GRF, is the forming Nexus Consortiums region of manufacturing and logistics networks, monsoon and glacier-fed basins and Pacific island states facing compound climate and connectivity risk. Supply-chain and chokepoint questions are the clearest case for GRF's convening role, and three hubs are planned as coordination roles.
Water security in Pacific Island states.
Rivers, lakes and how far each division sits from mapped surface water, in Pacific Island states.
Regional instruments across a very diverse region.
- The ASEAN Agreement on Disaster Management and Emergency Response, the first legally binding regional DRR agreement, with the AHA Centre coordinating.
- The Framework for Resilient Development in the Pacific and the Boe Declaration, which treats climate change as the single greatest threat to Pacific security.
- The Mekong River Commission's procedures for notification, prior consultation and agreement.
- The South Asian and Central Asian basin arrangements, many of them bilateral.
- The Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Company and the Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Insurance Facility for pre-arranged finance.
Where cooperation is tested most.
| Question | Why it is hard |
|---|---|
| How do upstream dam operations and downstream fisheries share decisions on a mainstream river? | Prior consultation procedures are procedural, not a veto |
| How do island states maintain statehood, maritime zones and services as sea level rises? | International law is still settling the questions; the Pacific Islands Forum declared its position in 2023 |
| How do manufacturing supply chains share disruption information across borders during typhoon season? | Commercial confidentiality and competition rules |
The Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction is the region's main Sendai forum.
Coordination roles, not offices.
No regional host is on record. An East Asia Nexus Consortium programme page is published by The Global Risks Alliance (GRA) and is marked as forming. Its formation records and participating structures are confirmed by the Secretariat before they are listed here.
| Planned hub | Programme focus | State |
|---|---|---|
| India | Monsoon and heat, river systems, food, health, digital infrastructure, grids and Indian Ocean connections | Planned |
| Singapore | Import dependencies, ports, urban continuity, digital systems and finance | Planned |
| Japan | Seismic and tsunami resilience, manufacturing, robotics, ageing, energy and supply chains | Planned |
A planned hub is a proposed coordination role for shared-system work across a group of countries. It is not an operating site, an office or an exclusive territory, and countries listed in a hub's scope do not, by that fact, have constituted programmes.
Leadership and dialogue in the region.
Supply-chain and chokepoint questions are the clearest case for GRF's convening role in the region: port authorities, manufacturers, energy importers and public agencies depend on the same nodes but answer to different mandates.
Shared-system dialogues
Documented dialogues among the authorities, operators and communities who share a system, with agreements and dissent recorded.
Regional roles in formation
Regional leadership roles are in formation; their scope is published only once adopted. See Regional leadership.
Regional missions
Regional missions can be proposed to Nexus Universe and admitted at gate G1 against published criteria.
What is in place, and what is not.
- Programme state: forming. No regional programme decision, host agreement or hub is described as operating.
- National structures keep agenda authority and may decline participation or data sharing.
- No regional body binds a country, and withdrawal never erases other parties' lawful work.
- GRF convenes and records. It does not regulate, finance, procure or certify.
Where to go next.
The regional desk, run by the Consortium Secretariat, is asiapacific@therisk.global. The acknowledgement gives a reference and names the next step. The technical view of the region is on GCRI's Asia and the Pacific region page, and its financial-system questions on GRA's Asia and the Pacific region page. Other regions on this site include Africa and Europe and Eurasia, all listed on Regional cooperation.
Terms used on this page.
Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Chokepoint | A narrow passage or node through which a large share of trade must pass. |
| Small island developing states | A UN-recognised group of island countries sharing social, economic and environmental vulnerabilities. |
| Multi-level governance | Shared decision-making across local, regional, national and international levels of government. |
Where this page's references lead.
The bodies and documents this page is read against. Status and editions change; each link goes to the issuing body.
Questions and answers.
Are Pacific island states part of this region?
Is the East Asia Nexus Consortium operating?
How does my institution take part in Asia and the Pacific?
Are there results for this region yet?
Around GRF.
Start with an enquiry.
The current service level is R0: information and enquiries. An enquiry receives a reference and names the next step; applications, payments, compute allocations and registrations open only when their team, terms and review capacity exist.