Global System Map

c-ECO Living Labs Network

22 Living Labs across 3 implementation phases. Click any marker to explore operations, team, and partnerships.

Implementation Phases

Alpha (4 labs) — $5-20M
Beta (+4 labs) — $25-60M
Gamma (+14 labs) — $100M+
Roadmap

Implementation Architecture

Phase Alpha

$5-20M
18 Months • 4 Labs
L1
Belém
Amazon Core — Signal detection
L1
Tromsø
Arctic Carbon — Feedback detection
L2
London
Global Finance — Risk pricing
GIH+L3
Geneva
Integration Hub — Decision engine
KPIs
• Detection-to-decision: <24h
• Financial transmission: <48h
• Contractual activation: <72h

Phase Beta

$25-60M
3 Years • +4 Labs
L1
Yaoundé
Congo Basin — Africa coverage
L1
Dhaka
Monsoon Asia — Water systems
L2
Singapore
Asia-Pacific Finance
L3
Brasília
Emerging Economies
Objectives
• Regional scalability testing
• Real market integration
• 6 months continuous operation

Phase Gamma

$100M+
5 Years • +14 Labs
Fairbanks
Hobart
Kathmandu
Dakar
Manado
Santiago
Houston
Abu Dhabi
Stavanger
Cairo
Tallinn
Seoul/Tel Aviv
Amsterdam/Nairobi
Zurich
Coverage
• Full 22-lab network
• NGFS/WMO/GEO integration
• Global multilateral coordination
Network Metrics

Global Infrastructure by Numbers

22
Living Labs
4
Layers
3
Phases
6
Continents
50%
Global South
<72h
Decision Cycle

Layer Distribution

L0
5
Data Components
L1
8
Sensing Labs
L2
9
Integration Labs
L3
5
Governance Labs
GIH
1
Global Hub
Institutional Ecosystem

Anchor Institutions & Regulatory Hooks

c-ECO is designed to operate within a broader global ecosystem of scientific observation, financial supervision, multilateral coordination, technical standard-setting, and implementation infrastructure.

Scientific & Data Infrastructure

Institutions that provide authoritative Earth system observation, modeling inputs, and validated scientific baselines.

WMO / GCOS / WCRP
GEO / CEOS / ECMWF / EUMETSAT
ESA / National Meteorological Services
IOC-UNESCO / IHO / EuroGOOS
Third Pole Environment / ICIMOD / AGRHYMET

Analytical & Technical Systems

Research and technical bodies capable of informing modeling, interoperability, standards, and decision-support architecture.

European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC)
IIASA / ICTP / UCAR / University of Reading
Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
BIPM / CIPM-BIPM / ISO
International Science Council (ISC)

Financial Supervision & Risk Markets

Central banks, prudential bodies, insurers, and market infrastructures through which systemic signals can influence pricing and capital allocation.

BIS / NGFS / European Central Bank
Bank of England / PRA / MAS Singapore
Swiss Re / Lloyd’s / IAIS
World Bank Disaster Risk Financing
Cat bond / parametric insurance ecosystems

Multilateral Governance

Institutions through which c-ECO outputs can interface with public policy, adaptation, loss and damage, and cross-border coordination.

UNDP / UNEP / UNDRR / UNITAR
UNFCCC / UNCCD / UNESCO / United Nations University
FAO / WHO / WFP / UN-Habitat
IOM / UNHCR / OCHA
OAS / AU / ASEAN / ECOWAS / IGAD

Sectoral & Operational Gateways

Domain-specific organizations that connect systemic signals to transport, maritime, aviation, agriculture, water, and energy systems.

IMO / ICAO / IATA / EUROCONTROL
Global Water Partnership / INBO / IGRAC / IAHS
FAO / IFAD / ICRISAT / IRRI
IEA / IRENA / WEC / SEforALL / GEIDCO
IOC-UNESCO / ICS / ICES / CPPS / SPREP

Development Finance & Scaling

Funding and implementation channels through which pilots, sovereign tools, and systemic transition mechanisms may be operationalized.

World Bank / IMF / Green Climate Fund
African Development Bank / Asian Development Bank
Inter-American Development Bank / IFAD / EBRD
Export Credit Agencies / Sovereign Funds / Development Banks
Blended finance and resilience facility structures

Regulatory Hooks

c-ECO is not dependent on formal partnership to become operational. It can embed into existing legal, prudential, reporting, insurance, infrastructure, and treaty-linked frameworks through recognized regulatory hooks.

Financial
PRA climate stress testing
NGFS scenario use
Solvency and cat-risk modules
Sovereign bond disclosure frameworks
Climate & Earth System
UNFCCC adaptation and transparency processes
UNCCD land degradation reporting
WMO-aligned observation standards
GCOS / GEO interoperability pathways
Sectoral
IMO decarbonization implementation
ICAO and aviation resilience pathways
Water-basin treaty mechanisms
Critical minerals due diligence standards
Human Security
Global Compact for Migration
IDP and refugee protection frameworks
Food security early warning systems
Urban and subnational resilience standards

“c-ECO does not depend on institutional ownership by existing bodies. Its legitimacy emerges through methodological alignment, contractual embedding, implementation utility, and regulatory recognition across systems that already govern risk.”

L4 Institutional Legitimacy Framework