title: Scientific commentary: Strategic analysis of environmental policy risks--heat maps, risk futures and the character of environmental harm.
abstract: We summarise our recent efforts on the policy-level risk appraisal of environmental risks. These have necessitated working closely with policy teams and a requirement to maintain crisp and accessible messages for policy audiences. Our comparative analysis uses heat maps, supplemented with risk narratives, and employs the multidimensional character of risks to inform debates on the management of current residual risk and future threats. The policy research and ensuing analysis raises core issues about how comparative risk analyses are used by policy audiences, their validation and future developments that are discussed in the commentary below.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Science and Technology Department, Centre for Environmental Risks and Futures, School of Applied Sciences, Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, MK43 0AL, UK.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Prpich
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dagonneau
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Rocks
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lickorish
authors.forename: S J T
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Pollard
mesh_terms: D058735:Environmental Policy / Q000639:trends; D004787:Environmental Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D011050:Policy Making; D018570:Risk Assessment
keywords: Analysis; Comparative; Environmental; Futures; Policy; Risk; Strategic