The International Risk Governance Council: Reflections on a 20-Year Experiment in Support of Improved Risk Governance.

IF 3.3 3区医学 Q1 MATHEMATICS, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS

Risk Analysis Pub Date : 2025-10-05 DOI:10.1111/risa.70117

M Granger Morgan, Marie-Valentine Florin, Igor Linkov, Kenneth A Oye, Arthur C Petersen, Ortwin Renn, Jonathan B Wiener, Lan Xue

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Abstract

The International Risk Governance Council (IRGC) was a nonprofit foundation, based first as an independent, freestanding Swiss foundation in Geneva from 2003 to 2012, and then affiliated with École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Lausanne from 2012 to 2023. IRGC's mission was to identify and improve the governance of emerging and systemic risks that have, or could have, impacts on human and environmental health, the economy and society, and overall sustainability. In this paper, we recount IRGC's history, describe its many reports, workshops, and conference activities (including tables referencing the many published products), and provide six brief case histories of accomplishments and insights on work IRGC has done on solar radiation management, small modular reactors, synthetic biology, autonomous vehicles, resilience and systemic risks, and international comparison of risk governance. The paper concludes with some brief observations about the impact of IRGC's work and notes the continuing need for a neutral convening entity that can perform a role similar to that of IRGC.

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国际风险治理委员会：对支持改进风险治理的20年实验的反思。

国际风险治理委员会（IRGC）是一个非营利性基金会，最初于2003年至2012年在日内瓦作为一个独立的瑞士基金会，然后于2012年至2023年在洛桑隶属于École洛桑理工学院。伊斯兰革命卫队的任务是确定和改进对已经或可能对人类和环境健康、经济和社会以及整体可持续性产生影响的新出现的和系统性风险的治理。在本文中，我们叙述了IRGC的历史，描述了它的许多报告、研讨会和会议活动（包括参考许多已发表产品的表格），并提供了六个简短的案例历史，介绍了IRGC在太阳辐射管理、小型模块化反应堆、合成生物学、自动驾驶汽车、弹性和系统性风险以及风险治理的国际比较方面所做的工作。该文件总结了对伊斯兰革命卫队工作影响的一些简要观察，并指出继续需要一个中立的召集实体，可以发挥与伊斯兰革命卫队类似的作用。

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Risk Analysis 数学-数学跨学科应用

CiteScore

7.50

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10.50%

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183

审稿时长

4.2 months

期刊介绍： Published on behalf of the Society for Risk Analysis, Risk Analysis is ranked among the top 10 journals in the ISI Journal Citation Reports under the social sciences, mathematical methods category, and provides a focal point for new developments in the field of risk analysis. This international peer-reviewed journal is committed to publishing critical empirical research and commentaries dealing with risk issues. The topics covered include: • Human health and safety risks • Microbial risks • Engineering • Mathematical modeling • Risk characterization • Risk communication • Risk management and decision-making • Risk perception, acceptability, and ethics • Laws and regulatory policy • Ecological risks.