The Global Risks Forum (GRF)
Topics at Policy Nexus: the pages in this section are listed below, each with its own scope and status.
The Policy Nexus topics are the nine subject dossiers of its field, among them risk-informed policy, disaster risk reduction policy, and climate and adaptation policy. 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.
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Each term as this page uses it. Where a standard-setting body defines the term, the wording follows that body.
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| National risk assessment | A government's structured assessment of the most serious risks the country faces, their likelihood and impact. |
| Sendai Framework | The UN framework for disaster risk reduction for the period to 2030, with seven global targets and four priorities for action. |
| Maladaptation | Action that increases the risk of adverse climate outcomes, now or later, in IPCC usage. |
| Pacing problem | The gap that opens when technology develops faster than the laws and institutions that govern it. |
| Shock-responsive social protection | Social protection designed to scale up or adapt quickly to support households after a shock. |
Risk across government decisions.
TopicPrevention and national strategies.
TopicClimate, nature and public planning.
TopicAI, biotechnology and innovation.
TopicResilience and wellbeing.
TopicEquity and economic transformation.
TopicCooperation on basins, grids and corridors.
TopicFrom policy designs to monitored outcomes.
TopicInstitutions, social inclusion and development policy.
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