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Public Deliberation: North America 2026
What convenings, councils and the public concluded: positions, dissent and open questions. This edition is in preparation: its frame is set and shared with the other five desks, and Global Risks Forum writes its chapters from its own mandate. Nothing on these pages is a finding yet.
- Desk
- GRF Public Deliberation
- Publisher of record
- The Global Risks Forum (GRF)
- Collection
- Reports Collection 2026
- Status
- In preparation; not released
GRF Public Deliberation
North America 2026
What convenings, councils and the public concluded: positions, dissent and open questions.
01 · Contents
Eight chapters in the shared frame.
The same eight-chapter frame on every desk, so a reader can move across desks and the Collection can align them chapter by chapter. Each chapter title comes from this desk’s mandate.
- 1
Chapter 1. What was asked, and by whom
The questions put to the convenings of the cycle, and the bodies and roles that put them.
Frame: The question · In preparation
- 2
Chapter 2. Conclusions and dissent
What the convenings concluded, with the dissent recorded beside each conclusion.
Frame: Findings · In preparation
- 3
Chapter 3. Positions by sector
The positions stated by sector and by type of body, attributed to those who hold them.
Frame: By system and sector · In preparation
- 4
The concerns raised by the public and by civil society, as they were raised.
Frame: Risk and capability · In preparation
- 5
Chapter 5. Deliberated scenarios
The scenarios the convenings discussed, and what participants said would change their view.
Frame: Scenario · In preparation
- 6
Chapter 6. Readings from the other desks
Readings from the other desks: cross-references to their editions for the same scope, not copies of them.
Frame: Readings · Seeded from the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) edition
- 7
Chapter 7. Commitments asked for
The commitments participants asked of institutions, recorded as requests, not as agreements.
Frame: Agenda · In preparation
- 8
The record of each session: agenda, participation by role, materials and outcome.
Frame: In depth · In preparation
Annex A (methodology), Annex B (data), Annex C (references and record), the complete edition for print and the citation forms are added at release, in the same form as every edition.
02 · Now
What exists today.
The evidence on North America sits today in the GCRI Systems Evidence edition, a draft in stewardship review. This edition cross-references it chapter by chapter and does not copy it.
GRF reading
Public Meaning
Printed in the GCRI edition and seeded here in chapter 6, attributed to this desk.
Subject collection
North America 2026
Every desk edition for this subject, compiled by GCRI Canada for the Collection.
03 · This desk
What GRF Public Deliberation reports on North America.
The Forum reads an edition for public meaning: what a finding means for governance, diplomacy and trust, and how it can be said without overclaiming.
The Forum deposits session records, positions and the open questions of its series, with the dissent attached to each conclusion.
If you took part in a convening, send the record and say which body held it. The Forum will ask each participant before it names them.
04 · Six desks
Every desk’s edition for North America.
| Desk | Edition | State | Identifier |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRF Public Deliberation | Public Deliberation: North America 2026 | In preparation | NR-GRF-REG-NAM-2026-BASELINE (reserved) |
| GCRI Systems Evidence | Systems Evidence: North America 2026 | Drafted, in stewardship review | NR-REGIONAL-NAM-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0 |
| GRA Capital Readiness | Outside this desk’s remit | Not in remit | |
| Standards Progress | Outside this desk’s remit | Not in remit | |
| Academy Capability | Outside this desk’s remit | Not in remit | |
| Index Measurement | Measurement: North America 2026 | In preparation | NR-GRX-REG-NAM-2026-BASELINE (reserved) |
05 · Downloads
The print edition of the evidence on North America.
This desk’s edition is in preparation and has no print of its own until release. The evidence it cross-references is in the GCRI Systems Evidence edition for North America: its designed PDF (A4 or US Letter), its data and its citation files are here, from this site’s library.
Draft, not yet releasedThe print and files of the GCRI edition this desk’s edition cross-references. Review copies until release; the DOI is issued at deposit.
Print
PDF, A4
The GCRI Systems Evidence print edition for this subject, A4: cover, imprint, contents with page numbers, every chapter and annex.
PDF110 pages953 KBTagged, with bookmarks
SHA-256
299fad94f8e1c69fa6165273eb8208774b17d46ea71d2f5f645750856cb8b975PDF, US Letter
The GCRI Systems Evidence print edition for this subject, US Letter: cover, imprint, contents with page numbers, every chapter and annex.
PDF117 pages967 KBTagged, with bookmarks
SHA-256
293283dd8d8d741bfad698058e5a07e4858ad30e9c9c475a534ade3d3afee0ce
Web edition
Complete edition, one page
Every chapter and annex at one address, with running heads when printed from the browser
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Edition home
Key messages, contents, citation and the readings of each desk
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Data bundle
Indicators, CSV
19 indicators with unit, year, status and source
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The same indicators with the edition’s identity and licence
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12 findings with status, evidence-quality level and references
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For LaTeX and reference managers
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For Zotero, EndNote and Mendeley
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06 · Cite
Cite this report.
- Reserved identifier
- NR-GRF-REG-NAM-2026-BASELINE
- Part of
- NR-COL-2026-BASELINE
- DOI
- Not yet deposited
- Until release
- Cite the GCRI Systems Evidence edition, North America 2026, which prints this desk’s reading in its chapter 6. Cite the GCRI edition
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