Risk know-how helps communities around the world to navigate information and assess risks in their own context. The risk know-how framework sets out what risk know-how in a community means and what is needed to make sense of risk. It has been developed through discussions and interactions with communities and risk experts to facilitate those decisions. The resources have been developed by people all over the world and provide tools to better understand risk concepts. If you don’t find what you need contact us to get tailored help.
Risk know-how in a community means we can
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- Ask questions about specific risks
- Find suitable and reliable risk information
- Understand how the framing of the information can be manipulated
- Understand information about the magnitude of a risk and the effectiveness of a response
- Not be surprised by the consequences of a decision made regarding risks
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