The Global Risks Forum (GRF)
Topics at Diplomacy Nexus: the pages in this section are listed below, each with its own scope and status.
The Diplomacy Nexus topics are the nine subject dossiers of its field, among them science diplomacy, shared water and energy systems, and climate and nature diplomacy. Each dossier sets out how the risk develops, what is measured and in which units, the public sources and their licences, the methods, who decides and the limits of the evidence.
GRF convenes and governs programmes. It does not regulate, finance, procure or certify, and hosting or sponsorship confers no authority over findings.
Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Joint fact-finding | A process in which parties to a dispute agree on the questions, experts and methods to establish shared facts. |
| Prior notification | The duty to inform co-riparian states of planned measures that may have significant adverse effects. |
| Nationally determined contribution | A country's climate plan under the Paris Agreement, setting its emission targets and actions. |
| Threat multiplier | A factor, such as climate change, that worsens existing drivers of instability without being a single cause. |
| Cyber norms | Voluntary, non-binding expectations of responsible state behaviour in cyberspace, endorsed in UN processes. |
International scientific cooperation methods.
TopicCross-border resource dialogue.
TopicGlobal environmental cooperation.
TopicConflict-sensitive and peace-related risk dialogue.
TopicInternational technology governance conversations.
TopicHumanitarian safeguards and institutional roles.
TopicTrust, mandates and shared work.
TopicOceans, atmosphere, polar and other commons.
TopicInstitutional cooperation and conflict-sensitive human mobility.
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