Latin America and the Caribbean region
The Latin America and the Caribbean region of Nexus Consortiums connects the Amazon and Andean water systems, major agricultural export corridors, and Caribbean and Central American states exposed to hurricanes, sea-level rise and seismic risk. Country programmes lead; regional work makes evidence compatible across basins, ports and power systems so that small and large states can test the same questions on their own terms. The region is forming. One hub is planned as a coordination role; it does not operate and is not an office. This page sets out the region from the perspective of The Global Risks Forum (GRF).
- 01In briefThe short answer
- 02Shared systemsQuestions that cross borders in Latin America and the Caribbean
- 03Frameworks in forceRegional institutions built for hurricanes, earthquakes and rivers
- 04Dialogue questionsCross-border questions in the region
- 05Planned hubsCoordination roles, not offices
- 06GRF's roleLeadership and dialogue in the region
- 07State and boundariesWhat is in place, and what is not
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The short answer.
The Latin America and the Caribbean region, seen from GRF, is the forming Nexus Consortiums region connecting Amazon and Andean water systems, agricultural export corridors, and Caribbean and Central American states exposed to hurricanes, sea-level rise and seismic risk. Hurricane and small-island questions are a clear case for GRF's convening role.
Water security in the Caribbean.
Rivers, lakes and how far each division sits from mapped surface water, in the Caribbean.
Regional institutions built for hurricanes, earthquakes and rivers.
- CDEMA in the Caribbean and CEPREDENAC in Central America, the regional disaster coordination bodies.
- The Escazú Agreement on environmental information, participation and justice, including protection for environmental defenders.
- The Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization, whose 2023 Belém Declaration set a common agenda for the basin.
- The CCRIF SPC for parametric disaster insurance across Caribbean and Central American states.
- PAHO for regional health cooperation.
Cross-border questions in the region.
| Question | Evidence route |
|---|---|
| How do Amazon basin states coordinate fire, deforestation and drought monitoring with Indigenous territorial authorities? | GCRI Biodiversity Nexus |
| How do small island states recover when a hurricane destroys a large share of national assets in one day? | GRA disaster risk finance |
| How is environmental information made available under Escazú when hazard data is held by private operators? | Climate and Nature Governance |
Coordination roles, not offices.
No regional host is on record. Mexico also takes part in the North America region. Caribbean and Central American states fall within the planned Brazil hub's coordination scope, which is a coordination role and never a representation of those states.
| Planned hub | Programme focus | State |
|---|---|---|
| Brazil | Amazon and basin systems, biodiversity, food, energy, land and bioeconomy dependencies | 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.
Hurricane and small-island questions are a clear case for GRF's convening role in the region: island governments, utilities, port authorities and regional bodies face the same hazards with very different capacity, and dialogue lets small states set questions on their own terms.
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 latinamericacaribbean@therisk.global. The acknowledgement gives a reference and names the next step. The technical view of the region is on GCRI's Latin America and the Caribbean region page, and its financial-system questions on GRA's Latin America and the Caribbean region page. Other regions on this site include Africa and Asia and the Pacific, 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 |
|---|---|
| Small island developing states | A UN-recognised group of island countries sharing social, economic and environmental vulnerabilities. |
| Regional risk pool | A shared insurance facility, such as CCRIF SPC, that gives member governments parametric cover. |
| 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.
Why is there only one planned hub?
Can small island states take part on equal terms?
How does my institution take part in Latin America and the Caribbean?
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.