Global change: Put people at the centre of global risk management

Brasseur, Guy; Ciais, Philippe; Eekeren, N.J.M. van; Theis, Thomas L.

doi:10.1038/519151a

Cited by 32 publications

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“…55), provide the best analogies to understand international reform needs in the face of globally networked environmental risks. Nor is it clear how proposed “systems based approaches to quantify risks” (Erisman et al, , pp. 152), or insights from natural systems through, for example, “signaling,” “decentralization,” and “adaptability” (Sagarin et al, , pp.…”

Section: Current Gaps and Misunderstandingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Global Governance Dimensions of Globally Networked Risks: The State of the Art in Social Science Research

Galaz¹,

Tallberg²,

Boin³

et al. 2017

Risk Hazard & Crisis Pub Pol

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Global risks are now increasingly being perceived as networked, and likely to result in large‐scale, propagating failures and crises that transgress national boundaries and societal sectors. These so called “globally networked risks” pose fundamental challenges to global governance institutions. A growing literature explores the nature of these globally networked or “systemic” risks. While this research has taught us much about the anatomy of these risks, it has consistently failed to integrate insights from the wider social sciences. This is problematic since the prescriptions that result from these efforts flow from naїve assumptions about the way real‐world state and non‐state actors behave in the international arena. This leaves serious gaps in our understanding of whether networked environmental risks at all can be governed. The following essay brings together decades of research by different disciplines in the social sciences, and identifies five multi‐disciplinary key insights that can inform global approaches to governing these. These insights include the influence of international institutions; the dynamics and effect of international norms and legal mechanisms; the need for international institutions to cope with transboundary and cross‐sectoral crises; the role of innovation as a strategy to handle unpredictable global risks; and the necessity to address legitimacy issues.

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Section: Current Gaps and Misunderstandingsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Global Governance Dimensions of Globally Networked Risks: The State of the Art in Social Science Research

Galaz¹,

Tallberg²,

Boin³

et al. 2017

Risk Hazard & Crisis Pub Pol

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“…Disaster-risk-assessment reports are too broad to guide municipalities and nations. For example, UNISDR's Global Assessment Reports or the World Economic Forum's Global Risks reports provide global and thematic overviews, often consider risks qualitatively rather than quantitatively, and neglect the collective impacts of personal choices such as whether to purchase insurance or relocate 7 .…”

Section: Splintered Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Global risks: Pool knowledge to stem losses from disasters

Cutter

Ismail‐Zadeh

Alcántara-Ayala

et al. 2015

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“…Such a usercentred approach 8 to deciding the best actions would make decision-makers' assumptions and preferences transparent -for instance, the degree of risk they are willing to accept.…”

Section: Model Intervention Decisionsmentioning

confidence: 99%