Planetary Decision Integrity Protocol
A founding-phase protocol specification for making the systemic consequences of material decisions visible, reviewable and accountable before power turns into reality.
The protocol is being developed to define a minimum standard for decision integrity: what must be mapped, what evidence must be visible, what assumptions must be declared, what uncertainty must remain explicit, and where human authority must review the result.
01
Purpose
A minimum standard for decisions with systemic consequences.
Major decisions can reshape infrastructure, finance, technology, policy, land, water, climate, biodiversity and institutional systems. The protocol exists to make consequence visibility part of how those decisions are prepared, reviewed and governed.
The purpose is not to centralize authority, automate approval, or replace institutional responsibility. The purpose is to make consequence reasoning visible enough to be questioned, improved and reviewed before decisions become reality.
02
Decision Integrity Check
What must be visible before a material decision is made.
A Decision Integrity Check is the structured record produced by the protocol. It does not decide. It makes the basis of a decision visible.
- 02.1
The decision
What is being decided, by whom, under which authority, and with what scope.
- 02.2
Affected systems
Which planetary, territorial, institutional and social systems may be affected.
- 02.3
Evidence
Which sources, models, data, documents and expert inputs support the assessment.
- 02.4
Assumptions
Which assumptions, limits, exclusions and dependencies shape the reasoning.
- 02.5
Uncertainty and trade-offs
What remains uncertain, what alternatives exist, and which trade-offs are being accepted.
- 02.6
Human review
Who reviews the assessment, what authority remains human, and how accountability is preserved.
03
Assessment Flow
From decision mapping to accountable review.
- 03.1
Map the decision
Define the decision, actors, authority, scope and affected systems.
- 03.2
Trace the evidence
Make sources, assumptions, limits and uncertainty explicit.
- 03.3
Assess systemic consequence
Evaluate effects, dependencies and trade-offs across relevant systems.
- 03.4
Review before action
Support accountable human review before decisions become reality.
04
Boundaries
The protocol supports responsibility. It does not replace it.
The protocol does not make decisions, assign political legitimacy, replace scientific review, override legal duties, or transfer accountability to an AI system.
Its role is to make consequence reasoning visible, structured and reviewable. Responsibility remains with human and institutional authorities.
05
Open but Governed
Open contribution. Protected integrity.
The protocol is intended to be developed openly, with versioning, documented changes, reviewable assumptions and clear governance against capture.
Openness must not mean loss of seriousness. Governance must protect independence, public trust and accountable human authority.
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Current Status
Under definition during the founding phase.
The Planetary Decision Integrity Protocol is not presented as complete. The current priority is to define the first protocol draft, review structure, contributor process and relationship with Kairo, the planned Consequence Intelligence engine.