ODEMM – Work Package 5 - Risk Assessment
Led by Tony Knights & Leonie Robinson
Work Package 5 assessed the risk of failing to meet high level objectives in different marine environments. In the context of this project risk was defined as a function of the probability and consequence of particular events occurring that would affect the desired endpoint, where the desired endpoint here is achievement of high-level objectives, with particular emphasis placed upon diverse human sectors within the marine environment.
The objectives of this work package were as follows:
- To identify the major sources of risk associated with meeting high-level objectives in European regional seas.
- To design a risk-assessment framework that can cover the likely diversity of risk sources associated with meeting high-level objectives.
- To apply the risk assessment framework to a number of case studies in each European regional sea.
Tasks:
- Task 5.1: Identify the likely sources of risk associated with meeting high-level objectives.
- Task 5.2: Design a risk assessment framework to deal with the likely diversity of risk sources.
- Task 5.3: Applying the risk assessment for a selection of operational objectives in each region.
- Task 5.4: Completing the outputs for WP5:
Outputs
An exposure-effect approach for evaluating ecosystem-wide risks from human activities.