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Disaster and Crisis Governance · Mandate, publisher and status

Mandate, publisher and status

Disaster and Crisis Governance is published by The Global Risks Forum (GRF), a Swiss association. Its mandate is the governance of disaster and crisis risk: the institutional arrangements for readiness, coordination, communication and recovery across public and private actors. This page sets out who is responsible for the platform, its professional status and the limits of its role.

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In this dossier7 parts
  1. 01In briefThe short answer
  2. 02MandateGovernance of crisis readiness and response arrangements
  3. 03RemitMandates, coordination and law for disasters and crises
  4. 04PublisherWho is responsible
  5. 05LimitsWhat the platform does not do
  6. 06Professional statusDialogue without authority
  7. 07Key termsTerms used on this page

GRF · In development · service level R0

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Subject pages in the field
Counterparts
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Platforms in shared fields at GCRI, GRF and GRA
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Nexus Reports series it contributes to
01In brief

The short answer.

Disaster and Crisis Governance is a specialist platform of The Global Risks Forum for disaster and crisis as well as critical infrastructure. Its mandate covers public and private institutional arrangements for crisis readiness, disaster governance and whole-of-society coordination. GRF publishes it, answers for its content and takes no decision on anyone's behalf. It is in development at service level R0, and activities open as each is ready.

02Canvas

Mandate to authority.

Canvas · mandate to authorityDesign, not a record
How Disaster and Crisis Governance is governedA mandate sets the platform's scope; an editor and reviewers govern what it publishes; programmes and the community supply the work; the integrity route handles corrections; authority over decisions stays outside. Design of the governance, not a record.

Fig.How the platform is governed, from its mandate to the authorities who decide. Design, not a record.

03Geography

People and hazards in the Caribbean.

For mandate, publisher and status, in GRF's situational-awareness reading, the map opens on population density, flood water and night lights, framed on the Caribbean; 2 further NASA layers wait in the list.

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Layers 3

People and hazards, for this page

Latest available

NASA GIBS / EOSDIS · ASTER GDEM (METI, NASA) · Blue Marble (NASA) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Natural Earth

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For mandate, publisher and status, in GRF's situational-awareness reading, the map opens on population density, flood water and night lights, framed on the Caribbean; 2 further NASA layers wait in the list.Satellite and model products as NASA publishes them, each with its own date; indicators, not assessments of any place; claim ceiling INTEGRATED.

Data: NASA GIBS · ASTER GDEM · Blue Marble · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Natural Earth · GDACS · NASA EONETSources and licences

  • We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University. 2018. Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11. NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). CC BY 4.0
  • VIIRS near-real-time products (flood, land surface temperature, snow cover, corrected reflectance), NASA LANCE; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • VIIRS Black Marble night-time lights, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; distributed by the NASA Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System (LAADS DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • NASA Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS), VIIRS 375 m active fire product, NASA LANCE; vector tiles via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • ASTER GDEM is a product of METI and NASA (ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003, NASA LP DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com. Public domain
  • © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via NASA GIBS (coastlines, boundaries, roads and place names). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). ODbL
  • Blue Marble, NASA Earth Observatory; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
  • Context on the globe and flat map: coastlines, boundaries, roads and place names from NASA GIBS reference layers (OpenStreetMap data, ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors); Blue Marble imagery as an optional base; 3D terrain and the elevation read-out from the ASTER GDEM elevation colour index (5 m to 200 m classes, exaggerated for legibility). Boundaries are drawn as published and imply no position on any territory.
  • Globe: MapLibre GL JS 6.9.1, BSD-3-Clause, © MapLibre contributors.
  • Live: GDACS (EC JRC / UN OCHA) Events are indicative, not official warnings.
  • Live: NASA EONET Events are indicative, not official warnings.
  • Optional layers (5 sources in the layer list: live, forecast, observed and context) print their provider credit on the map and here when switched on; forecasts are model output and derived indices are estimates.

Layers and dates

  • Population density, 2020: Population: CIESIN, Columbia University, Gridded Population of the World v4.11 (2018), NASA SEDAC, CC BY 4.0 · static
  • Flood water, 3-day composite: VIIRS Global Flood Product, NASA LANCE · 14 Oct 2026
  • Night-time lights, daily: VIIRS Black Marble (VNP46A2), NASA LAADS DAAC · 12 Oct 2026
  • Active fires and thermal anomalies, last day: VIIRS NOAA-20 375 m (FIRMS), NASA LANCE FIRMS · 13 Oct 2026
  • True colour: VIIRS NOAA-20 corrected reflectance, NASA LANCE · 13 Oct 2026

04Mandate

Governance of crisis readiness and response arrangements.

Field

Scope

Disaster and crisis governance, with its links to critical infrastructure.

Community

Who takes part

Crisis governance scholars, emergency leaders, public institutions and humanitarian policy experts.

Outputs

What it is designed to publish

Crisis governance briefs, coordination exercises and recovery governance cases.

05Remit

Mandates, coordination and law for disasters and crises.

Disaster and Crisis Governance is a proposed specialist community, in development, for civil protection authorities, emergency managers, humanitarian coordinators and operators. It studies who holds authority before, during and after a disaster, how agencies coordinate and how international relief is received, against the Sendai Framework, IFRC disaster law guidance and the negotiations on a binding instrument on protection of persons in disasters.

06Publisher

Who is responsible.

GRF publishes the platform and answers for its content. GRF convenes and governs programmes. It does not regulate, finance, procure or certify, and hosting or sponsorship confers no authority over findings.

  • Status: in development. Disaster and Crisis Governance is a platform of The Global Risks Forum (GRF) in development. The current service level is R0: information and enquiries.
  • Why a dedicated platform: crisis and public-sector coordination is a governance discipline distinct from The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI)'s hazard science and disaster engineering.
  • Its partners in science are at The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI), for example Disaster Resilience and Recovery, and its counterparts in finance at The Global Risks Alliance (GRA), for example Disaster Risk Finance.
07Limits

What the platform does not do.

  • It does not coordinate, command or advise on live emergency operations.
  • It does not issue warnings, declarations or instructions to the public.
  • It does not assess or certify the performance of any agency, operator or official.
  • It does not fund response or recovery, procure services or allocate resources.
  • Hosting a dialogue or sponsoring an exercise confers no authority over its findings.
  • It does not speak for affected communities or for any government, and dialogue records are never presented as official positions.

Nexus is not an emergency service. In an emergency, follow the instructions of your local authorities and emergency services.

08Professional status

Dialogue without authority.

Participants take part in a personal or institutional capacity as stated when they join. Participation does not confer an appointment, a mandate or a role in any government. Conflicts of interest, for example a commercial interest in a recovery contract, are declared before a dialogue. The platform's governance and conduct rules are set out at trust, rights and status, and corrections at corrections.

09Key terms

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.

TermDefinition
Service level R0The current service level of Nexus pages: information and enquiries only. An enquiry receives a reference and a named next step; it creates no membership, contract, assignment or commitment.
Conflict of interestA situation in which financial, professional or personal interests could compromise, or appear to compromise, judgement in research or review.
Disaster risk governanceThe system of institutions, mechanisms, policies and legal frameworks that guide and coordinate disaster risk reduction, as UNDRR defines it.
Emergency declarationA formal act under a specific law by which an authority recognises an emergency and gains powers or funds not available in ordinary times.
10Sources

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.

11Questions

Questions and answers.

Is the platform a separate organization?
No. It is a specialist platform of GRF with no separate legal identity.
Can government officials take part?
Yes, in the capacity they state. Taking part does not commit their institution, and dialogue outcomes do not bind any government.
How do I contact the team?
Write to dialogues@globalriskforum.com or see contact the specialist team. The acknowledgement gives a reference and names the next step.
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