Risk Governance
Risk Governance - Towards an integrative approach (White Paper)
An introduction to the IRGC risk governance framework
Risk governance deficits (Concept Note)
Risk governance deficits (Report)
Risk governance deficits (Policy Brief)
Emerging risks
Emerging risks - Sources, drivers and governance issues (Concept Note)
Air Quality
The linkages between air quality and climate policies: governance deficits and challenges (Concept Note)
Bioenergy
Governing the risks and opportunities of bioenergy (Concept Note)
Risk governance guidelines for bioenergy policies (Policy Brief)
Risk Governance guidelines for bioenergy policies (Executive Summary)
Carbon Capture and Storage
Regulation of carbon capture and storage (Policy Brief)
Power plant CO2 capture technologies (Concept Note)
Critical Infrastructure
Managing and reducing social vulnerabilities from coupled critical infrastructures (White Paper)
Managing and reducing social vulnerabilities from coupled critical infrastructures (Policy Brief)
Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology risk governance (White Paper)
Nanotechnology risk governance (Policy Brief)
Risk governance of nanotechnology applications in food and cosmetics (Report)
Appropriate risk governance strategies for nanotechnology applications in food and cosmetics (Policy Brief)
Pollination Services
Risk governance of pollination services (Concept Note)
Synthetic Biology
Synthetic biology (Concept Note, 2008)
Risk governance of synthetic biology (revised Concept Note, 2009)
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General
IRGC Summary information
2008 Annual Report (pdf)
2008 Report of the external auditors and financial statements (pdf)
Journal Articles (External links)
"Critical infrastructures at risk : A need for a new conceptual approach and extended analytical tools" by Wolfgang Kröger in Reliability Engineering and System Safety, Volume 93, Issue 12, December 2008.
"Risk governance guidelines for bioenergy policies” by Marie-Valentine Florin and Christopher Bunting in Journal of Cleaner Production (bioenergy), November 2008
"Regulating the Geological Sequestration of CO2" , Wilson et al. in Environmental Science and Technology, 2008, 42 (8).
"The International Risk Governance Council, its approach to risk governance and how public policy could benefit from improved risk governance” by Christopher Bunting in Horizons, May 2009
Risk Governance of Pervasive Computing Technologies, by Piet Selke and Ortwin Renn, The International Journal of Technology, knowledge & Society, 2008
Books relevant to IRGC’s work (External links)
Global Risk Governance - Concept and practice using the IRGC framework, edited by Ortwin Renn and Katherine Walker, IRGC Bookseries 1 published by Springer
“Comparative Risk Assessment” by Holger Schütz, Peter M. Wiedemann, Wilfried Hennings, Johannes Mertens, Martin Clauberg
"Know Risk" published by Tudor Rose