Stakeholder Engagement: Risk Management and Decision Making

This lecture explores stakeholder engagement in risk management, focusing on identifying, evaluating, and involving stakeholders in decision-making processes. It covers the definition of stakeholders, their legitimacy, and the importance of engaging them to assess perceptions, values, and interests. The lecture also discusses the challenges in stakeholder engagement, such as exclusion, paternalism, and time constraints, and provides strategies for involving stakeholders through surveys, focus groups, and interviews. An example of stakeholder engagement in the conclusion of the Montreal Protocol on CFCs illustrates the impact of international collaboration in addressing environmental risks.