Transparency, rights and safeguards
Who publishes Innovation Nexus, what is known and how it is labelled, how data rights are protected, and the platform's current status.
- PublisherThe Global Risks Forum
- FieldInnovation, Artificial intelligence, Industry and robotics
- StatusEstablished
- Service levelR0: information and enquiries
GRF · Established · service level R0
The short answer.
Trust, rights and status at Innovation Nexus is the public record of who publishes the platform, how its results are labelled, how data rights are protected and what the platform is today. The Global Risks Forum (GRF) publishes it and controls the personal data it holds. Being named, listed or published on the platform is not an endorsement, certification or approval.
Report to outcome.
Fig.How a reported error is reviewed and corrected. Design, not a record.
People and exposure in Brazil.
Population density, night-time lights, air quality, heat and floods, framed on Brazil as an example geography for this subject; each layer is a dated NASA product.
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Population density, night-time lights, air quality, heat and floods, framed on Brazil.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 · Natural EarthSources 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 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
- OMI nitrogen dioxide (Aura) and OMPS aerosol index (Suomi NPP), NASA; distributed by the NASA GES DISC; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
- 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
- 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
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
- Night-time lights, daily: VIIRS Black Marble (VNP46A2), NASA LAADS DAAC · 12 Oct 2026
- Nitrogen dioxide, lower atmosphere column: OMI Aura, NASA GES DISC · 10 Oct 2026
- Land surface temperature, day, 8-day composite: VIIRS NOAA-20 Level 3, 8-day, NASA LANCE · 14 Sep 2026
- Flood water, 3-day composite: VIIRS Global Flood Product, NASA LANCE · 14 Oct 2026
What the platform is, today.
- Innovation Nexus is an established platform published by The Global Risks Forum.
- 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.
- GRF convenes and governs programmes. It does not regulate, finance, procure or certify, and hosting or sponsorship confers no authority over findings.
Keeping vendors and advocates at arm's length.
- Developers declare commercial interests before any session.
- No product demonstrations in dialogue sessions.
- Evaluation claims are cited to public reports.
- Concerns go to GRF corrections.
How trust is protected.
Labelled results
Every result is labelled by kind of evidence, with its uncertainty.
Data rights
Data is used on the terms its owners set, and restricted data stays restricted.
Your data and your access.
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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 |
|---|---|
| Evidence label | A tag naming the kind of evidence, such as observed or modelled, that should survive every summary. |
| Personal data | Any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person, directly or indirectly, such as a name, an identification number, location data or an online identifier, as the EU General Data Protection Regulation defines it. |
| Claim ceiling | The strongest statement a page may make about a capability, set by the evidence on record; without operating evidence a page describes a design or an integration, never readiness. |
| Conflict of interest | A situation in which financial, professional or personal interests could compromise, or appear to compromise, judgement in research or review. |
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.
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Questions and answers.
Does listing on the platform imply endorsement?
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