# Accept A risk response strategy applicable to both [[THREAT]]s and [[OPPORTUNITY|opportunities]] where the project team acknowledges the risk and chooses not to take proactive action unless the risk event occurs. **Active acceptance** involves establishing contingency reserves or fallback plans. **Passive acceptance** involves monitoring the risk without pre-planned responses. Acceptance is appropriate when the cost of other response strategies exceeds the expected impact, or when the risk is outside the team's control.