But such measures are unlikely. Policy processes do not work that way. Crises discourse may serve to modify the content of policy talk, but for large scale regulatory efforts to take place, the catastrophe in whose name such actions are taken must already have occurred. People are only convinced of the severity of truly profound crises until their very occurrence has validated that severity. The purpose of crisis dynamics and its role in the strong governance program is to legitimize lesser efforts. It is in this terrain that global governance is emerging.