Dr. Andreas Klinke has been invited to discuss issues of a responsible and sustainable handling of risks with high-profile experts from academia, politics and economy in a three-days workshop near Munich, Germany. The event has been organized and funded by the Technical University of Munich and the Bavarian federal state government. Inter alia, the minister of state and the minister for the environment participated in the workshop. The results of the discussions on responsible and sustainable risk management and governance have been synthesized in form of recommendations that will be submitted to the ministry for the environment.