The Institutionalization of Environmental Risk Governance and"Institutional Self-reflection"
Institutionalization is an effective approach to environmental risk governance,but it can also become a new source of environmental risks due to"institutional self-reflection".The institutionalization of environmental risk governance is reflected in aspects such as cognitive rationalization,behavioral standardization,and organizational systematization,which have gained scientific understanding and conducted orderly governance actions.However,when facing highly complex and rapidly changing environmental risks,the institutionalization approach may fail and instead lead to institutional self-reflection,becoming a new source of environmental risks.Institutional self-reflection in environmental risk governance manifests as cognitive biases arising from rationalized risk perception,formalization resulting from procedural participation,and organizational alienation despite normative operations.Overall,environmental risk governance needs to shift from institutionalism to activism to eliminate institutional self-reflection within an activism framework.Specifically,it is necessary to establish a governance philosophy based on collaborative actions,improve risk governance rules,build collaborative action organizational systems,and optimize technological governance tools.