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Forecast impacts

Ability to effectively and easily model complex systems, to help participants understand the potential impacts of different decisions.

Maturity:
Minimal
Importance:
Extreme
Opportunity:
High
Neglectedness:
High
Transnational:
Low

How this is performed now...

  • Process organizers Process organizers may draw on experts or use rudimentary tools to facilitate ‘if this, then that’ exercises.
  • Citizens' assembly organizers Citizens’ assemblies organizers may be given draft recommendations after the penultimate day to produce analysis to help assembly members understand the possible barriers to implementation and impacts of decisions.

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