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প্রতিবেদনIJRG

International Journal of Global Risks and Governance

Publisher of record
GCRI for the Nexus Consortium
Editor
Saeed Valadbaygi, Chief Steward and Managing Editor, GCRI
Licence
CC BY 4.0, open access
Report series
17
Networks
7

Draft, not yet released. In stewardship review. Not indexed until the first approved release.

Sector profile

Water: sector profile

Abstract. Water in the global baseline: 2.2 billion without safely managed water. Exposure: drought and flood extremes.

Code
GS-01
Edition
Global Systems 2026
Coverage
good
অবস্থা
Draft in stewardship review

01Reading

2.2 billion without safely managed water [8]

02Exposure

drought and flood extremes

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
CodeSectorBaseline evidenceExposureCoverage
GS-00Cross-systementangled crises; six of nine boundaries transgressed [20]compound and cascading shocksPARTIAL
GS-01পানি2.2 billion without safely managed water [8]drought and flood extremesGOOD
GS-02জ্বালানিrecord CO₂; about 41% clean power [4] [6]heat demand; mineral concentrationGOOD
GS-03Food and agrifood673 million facing hunger [7]concurrent breadbasket failureGOOD
GS-04স্বাস্থ্য6.7 million air-pollution deaths a year [14]heat, pandemics, antimicrobial resistancePARTIAL
GS-05Finance and economyUS$102 trillion public debt [13]debt distress after disastersGOOD
GS-06উন্নয়ন123.2 million forcibly displaced [12]conflict–climate compoundingPARTIAL
GS-07জলবায়ু1.43 °C in 2025 [1]extremes and tipping riskGOOD
GS-08DisasterUS$224 billion losses in 2025 [2]frequency of medium eventsGOOD
GS-09অবকাঠামোchokepoint concentrationshipping, power and cable outagesPARTIAL
GS-10নগরmost people now live in cities [11]urban heat and floodingPARTIAL
GS-11জীববৈচিত্র্য−73% wildlife populations [9]land-use change and fireGOOD
GS-12ভূ-পর্যবেক্ষণstrong global observing ব্যবস্থাগুলোcontinuity of key missionsPARTIAL
GS-13সাইবার ও ডিজিটালconcentrated 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

Cite

Saeed Valadbaygi, Chief Steward and Managing Editor, the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) (Ed.). (2026). Water: 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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Sector signature

The sectors behind Global Systems.

A reading aid: the sectors the findings run through and how strongly they depend on each other.

Select corners · hover lines6 / 15 relations

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Water and its partners

Water gives irrigation to food (0.8), cooling water and hydropower to energy (0.6) and environmental flows to biodiversity (0.6).

W · E · I · F · H · B

খাত
4 of 6
সম্পর্ক
6 of 15
সংযোগ
0.43 share of total

Strongest relations in play

  • Food → Biodiversity · land conversion0.6
  • Water → Energy · cooling water and hydropower0.6
  • Water → Food · irrigation0.8
  • Water → Biodiversity · environmental flows0.6
Teaching values for a typical city-region, not measurements for any place. Coupling is the summed strength of the relations in play, as a share of all fifteen.