The guides below make many recommendations for engagement and two-way communication. Much of their discussion concerns risk assessments where there is reasonable understanding and agreement about the possible outcomes and their likelihoods. There is limited coverage of situations of deeper uncertainty, where lack of knowledge or disagreement means there is a reluctance to quantify how likely different scenarios are, or even specify what could happen.
Evidence communication ticklist from the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication, 2021
Uncertainty toolkit for analysts in government from the Home Office, 2020
Communicating quality, uncertainty and change: Guidance for producers of official statistics from the Government Statistical Service, 2019
Communicating Risk from Defra’s Science Advisory Council – Social Science Expert Group (SSEG) Task Group, 2017
Appraisal and Evaluation in Central Government, the HM Treasury Green Book, 2013
A practical guide to public risk communication from the Risk and Regulation Advisory Council, 2009
Managing risks to the public: appraisal guidance from HM Treasury, 2005
Management of Risk – Principles and Concepts, the HM Treasury Orange book, 2004
Communicating risk guidance from HM Treasury and the Government Information and Communication Service, 2003
Risk: Improving government’s capability of improving handling of risk and uncertainty from the Cabinet Office’s Strategy Unit, 2002