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Planning for Future Crises: Governance Principles for Slow-Developing Risks That May Have Potentially Catastrophic Consequences

by Len Fisher | 17 Jun 2013 | Think Like a Scientist: Media and Writing

European Society for Risk Analysis 22nd Conference, Trondheim, June 17-19 (2013) (with Marie Valentine-Florin) Many of the serious problems that we face today follow a similar pattern, where the effects of slow, imperceptible change go unheeded until they bring us to...

Preparing for Future Catastrophes

by Len Fisher | 1 Feb 2013 | Planning for Life's Crises: Media and Writing, Think Like a Scientist: Media and Writing

International Risk Governance Council Report, February 2013 (http://www.irgc.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/CN_Prep.-for-Future-Catastrophes_final_11March13.pdf ) Executive Summary: Many of the serious problems that we face today follow a similar pattern, where the...

Risk Governance of Slowly-Developing Catastrophic Risks

by Len Fisher | 1 Feb 2013 | Think Like a Scientist: Media and Writing

European Society for Risk Analysis Annual Conference, ETH Zurich, 18-20 June (2012) (with Marie Valentine-Florin) Read the first public summary of my report “Preparing for Future Catastrophes” Preparing for Future Catastrophes International Risk Governance...

International Research Governance Council

by Len Fisher | 10 Dec 2011 | Think Like a Scientist: Media and Writing

At an International Research Governance Council meeting on “Slow moving risks with potentially catastrophic outcomes”, held in Venice from 26–28 August 2011, a group of senior politicians and scientists (myself among them) met to consider the advice that we could best...

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