Readings from the other desks

Readings from the other desks: cross-references to their editions for the same scope, not copies of them.

In preparation. This chapter is seeded with Nexus Standards’s reading printed in the GCRI edition; Nexus Standards replaces it with its own text when it writes the edition.
Contents
  1. ·Edition home
  2. 1Where standards are needed
  3. 2Adoption findings
  4. 3Domain and industry profiles
  5. 4Conformance and assurance
  6. 5Change scenarios
  7. 6Readings from the other desks
    1. 6.1 Standards and regulatory watch: the Nexus Standards reading in the GCRI edition
    2. 6.2 Readings from the other desks
    3. 6.3 Contribute to this chapter
  8. 7Standards work programme
  9. 8Crosswalks

6.1Standards and regulatory watch: the Nexus Standards reading in the GCRI edition

The instruments that shape the systems of Global Cities and Urban Systems, as printed in the Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI) Systems Evidence edition. Instruments and published guidance that shape the systems in this edition, by status on the retrieval date. The edition assesses no one’s compliance.

InstrumentBodyScopeStatusRelevance
New Urban Agenda, resolution 71/256 [21]United Nations General AssemblyglobalADOPTED 2016agenda
Directive (EU) 2024/1275 on the energy performance of buildings [20]European UnionEUIN FORCEbuildings
EU Mission on climate-neutral and smart cities [23]European CommissionEU and associated countriesACTIVE 2026city mission
Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction [32]United NationsglobalADOPTED 2015risk
ISO 37120 city services indicators [34]ISOglobalPUBLISHED · VOLUNTARYindicators
ISO 37123 resilient cities [35]ISOglobalPUBLISHED · VOLUNTARYresilience
ISO 37101 sustainable development management [36]ISOglobalPUBLISHED · VOLUNTARYmanagement

6.2Readings from the other desks

Cross-references to the other desks’ editions for the same subject, never copies of them.

DeskEditionStateIdentifier
Standards ProgressStandards Progress: Cities and Urban Systems 2026In preparationNR-NXS-GS-10-2026-BASELINE (reserved)
GCRI Systems EvidenceSystems Evidence: Cities and Urban Systems 2026Drafted, in stewardship reviewNR-SECTOR-CITIES-GLOBAL-2026-BASELINE-v1.0.0
GRF Public DeliberationOutside this desk’s remitNot in remit
GRA Capital ReadinessCapital Readiness: Cities and Urban Systems 2026In preparationNR-GRA-GS-10-2026-BASELINE (reserved)
Academy CapabilityCapability: Cities and Urban Systems 2026In preparationNR-RA-GS-10-2026-BASELINE (reserved)
Index MeasurementOutside this desk’s remitNot in remit

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