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Capital Readiness: Disaster and Resilience 2026

Readiness of finance and insurance: protection gaps, portfolio and disclosure readiness. This edition is in preparation: its frame is set and shared with the other five desks, and Global Risks Alliance writes its chapters from its own mandate. Nothing on these pages is a finding yet.

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GRA Capital Readiness

Disaster and Resilience 2026

Readiness of finance and insurance: protection gaps, portfolio and disclosure readiness.

Baseline Edition 2026NR-GRA-GS-08-2026-BASELINE, reservedThe Global Risks Alliance (GRA)
Chapters8the frame shared by all six desks
Readings seeded1chapter 6, from the GCRI edition
Released0until the desk releases it
Desks with this subject4of 6, by remit

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. 1

    Chapter 1. Exposure and capital

    The exposures in scope and the capital that stands behind them, as public sources state them.

    Frame: The question · In preparation

  2. 2

    Chapter 2. Readiness findings

    The readiness findings of the edition, each placed on the ladder of evidence with its source.

    Frame: Findings · In preparation

  3. 3

    Chapter 3. Protection gaps by sector

    Where insured and uninsured losses diverge, by sector, from published loss and cover data.

    Frame: By system and sector · In preparation

  4. 4

    Chapter 4. Balance-sheet and insurance capacity

    The capacity of public and private balance sheets and of insurance to absorb the risks in scope.

    Frame: Risk and capability · In preparation

  5. 5

    Chapter 5. Stress test

    A conditional stress test under stated assumptions; never a forecast, a rating or advice.

    Frame: Scenario · In preparation

  6. 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. 7

    Chapter 7. Market actions

    Actions markets and public finance could examine, stated as questions for evidence, never as recommendations.

    Frame: Agenda · In preparation

  8. 8

    Chapter 8. Instruments and products

    The instruments and products in use or under discussion, described from their public documentation.

    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 Disaster and Resilience 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.

GCRI Systems Evidence

Global Disaster and Resilience 2026

12 findings, 45 sources; drafted, in stewardship review.

GRA reading

Capital Meaning

Printed in the GCRI edition and seeded here in chapter 6, attributed to this desk.

Subject collection

Disaster and Resilience 2026

Every desk edition for this subject, compiled by GCRI Canada for the Collection.

03 · This desk

What GRA Capital Readiness reports on Disaster and Resilience.

The Alliance reads an edition for capital readiness: whether insurers, banks, investors and public finance can read a finding without distorting it.

The Alliance deposits readiness editions of the series it leads, with the instruments and stress tests that support them.

If you price or allocate against these risks, send the case and say what you may disclose. The Alliance will cite the part you can share.

04 · Six desks

Every desk’s edition for Disaster and Resilience.

DeskEditionStateIdentifier
GRA Capital ReadinessCapital Readiness: Disaster and Resilience 2026In preparationNR-GRA-GS-08-2026-BASELINE (reserved)
GCRI Systems EvidenceSystems Evidence: Disaster and Resilience 2026Drafted, in stewardship reviewNR-SECTOR-DISASTER-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0
GRF Public DeliberationOutside this desk’s remitNot in remit
Standards ProgressStandards Progress: Disaster and Resilience 2026In preparationNR-NXS-GS-08-2026-BASELINE (reserved)
Academy CapabilityCapability: Disaster and Resilience 2026In preparationNR-RA-GS-08-2026-BASELINE (reserved)
Index MeasurementOutside this desk’s remitNot in remit

05 · Downloads

The print edition of the evidence on Disaster and Resilience.

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 Disaster and Resilience: 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.

      PDF115 pages1008 KBTagged, with bookmarks

      SHA-256 a225b292b33f34aaa6b3982e2d8dd48154525d5cb73a44b53235c34bbcda49f5

    • PDF, US Letter

      The GCRI Systems Evidence print edition for this subject, US Letter: cover, imprint, contents with page numbers, every chapter and annex.

      PDF121 pages1020 KBTagged, with bookmarks

      SHA-256 1d1afde5a2276a6f78900ddb90871e2ab0dc578555d890d710a4f01c9a96b36e

  • Web edition

  • Data bundle

    • Indicators, CSV

      17 indicators with unit, year, status and source

      NR-SECTOR-DISASTER-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE-indicators.csv1 KB

      SHA-256 a1c3b4353b22a79919ae8d5c317bb873a9ff712edff391fa52e1276633efd976

    • Indicators, JSON

      The same indicators with the edition’s identity and licence

      NR-SECTOR-DISASTER-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE-indicators.json2 KB

      SHA-256 5ad905742aa62c16cf6b9adc3fbe8871c71a7edcc18bc812c73ac03b36872f6a

    • Findings, CSV

      12 findings with status, evidence-quality level and references

      NR-SECTOR-DISASTER-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE-findings.csv4 KB

      SHA-256 4186c9361f76870b9ef1f9e8f89bf0a3e6e932cf8c3db5da661f1013a89b2795

  • Citation files

    • Citation, BibTeX

      For LaTeX and reference managers

      NR-SECTOR-DISASTER-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE.bib1 KB

      SHA-256 aa86713983b7984c6921bfbe745af3c9b650c9614850713332bcf78d2d8dd61b

    • Citation, RIS

      For Zotero, EndNote and Mendeley

      NR-SECTOR-DISASTER-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE.ris1 KB

      SHA-256 3863e63fd1106ef3b815c5716c24b1ee12cddfcc793ae8427be352963349b317

    • Citation, CITATION.cff

      Citation File Format 1.2.0, for GitHub, Zenodo and software catalogues

      NR-SECTOR-DISASTER-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE.cff1 KB

      SHA-256 8e37cf98ac48c8081e656623a00bb3b347141c5df782a4b290406cedf3d2c477

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06 · Cite

Cite this report.

This edition is in preparation and is not yet citable. Its identifier is reserved; the version, the DOI and the UNI are issued at release.
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Cite the GCRI Systems Evidence edition, Global Disaster and Resilience 2026, which prints this desk’s reading in its chapter 6. Cite the GCRI edition
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How far finance and insurance are ready for the risks in scope: protection gaps, disclosure practice, portfolio readiness and the capacity of balance sheets, read on a ladder of evidence and never as advice or a rating.

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