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International Journal of Global Risks and Governance

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GCRI for the Nexus Consortium
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Saeed Valadbaygi, Chief Steward and Managing Editor, GCRI
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CC BY 4.0, open access
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Draft, not yet released. In stewardship review. Not indexed until the first approved release.

Sector profile

Climate: sector profile

Abstract. Climate in the global baseline: 1.43 °C in 2025. Exposure: extremes and tipping risk.

Code
GS-07
Ausgabe
Global Systems 2026
Abdeckung
good
Status
Draft in stewardship review

01Lektüre

1.43 °C in 2025 [1]

02Exposition

extremes and tipping risk

03Evidence coverage

Good coverage of the baseline evidence. This describes the evidence, not the performance of the sector.

04All sectors in the edition

Sector screen
CodeSektorBaseline evidenceExpositionAbdeckung
GS-00Cross-systementangled crises; six of nine boundaries transgressed [20]compound and cascading shocksPARTIAL
GS-01Wasser2.2 billion without safely managed water [8]drought and flood extremesGOOD
GS-02Energierecord CO₂; about 41% clean power [4] [6]heat demand; mineral concentrationGOOD
GS-03Food and agrifood673 million facing hunger [7]concurrent breadbasket failureGOOD
GS-04Gesundheit6.7 million air-pollution deaths a year [14]heat, pandemics, antimikrobieller ResistenzPARTIAL
GS-05Finance and economyUS$102 trillion public debt [13]debt distress after disastersGOOD
GS-06Entwicklung123.2 million forcibly displaced [12]conflict–climate compoundingPARTIAL
GS-07Klima1.43 °C in 2025 [1]extremes and tipping riskGOOD
GS-08KatastrophenUS$224 billion losses in 2025 [2]frequency of medium eventsGOOD
GS-09Infrastrukturchokepoint concentrationshipping, power and cable outagesPARTIAL
GS-10Städtemost people now live in cities [11]urban heat and floodingPARTIAL
GS-11Biodiversität−73% wildlife populations [9]land-use change and fireGOOD
GS-12Erdbeobachtungstrong global observing Systemecontinuity of key missionsPARTIAL
GS-13Cyber und Digitalesconcentrated cloud and network dependencesystemic outagesTHIN
GS-14Policy and institutionsnew pandemic and ocean agreements [27] [32]implementation and finance gapsPARTIAL
GS-15Science and engineeringdeep research base; AI adoption rising [37]translation and dual useTHIN

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Saeed Valadbaygi, Chief Steward and Managing Editor, the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) (Ed.). (2026). Climate: sector profile. In Global Systems 2026 [Draft under review]. GCRI for the Nexus Consortium.

Review copy. The DOI is issued at deposit. Text under CC BY 4.0.

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