Create a timeframe: Participants should also think about whether actions need implementation on the short, medium or long-term. Actions can be labelled with different colors. Collect insights over difficulties that might be encountered, steps that need to be taken and resources needed to achieve the goal. Recommended use of a Timeline tool to support this step.
Discover storylines: Now we have all important actions ordered in sequence of time. The last step is to seek storylines or themes. When all actions are categorized in themes, participants can identify thematic pathways to their climate resilient future .
Labelling: The process of brainstorming about possible adaptation actions usually results in a large amount of ideas. Participants can make sense of these actions by labelling them on importance and time of implementation. How? They can develop a labelling scheme (for example one green dot means not important, two dots means a bit important and three dots means essential) and label actions that are written on post-its accordingly.
Timeline: Thematic pathways of actions as well as the interaction between them can be clearly visualized on a timeline. How? When participants have decided whether actions require short, medium or long-term implementation, they can be placed in sequence of time: short-term (0-10 years), medium-term (20-30 years) and long-term (30-40 years).
Art designs: During participatory exercises, artistic designers can join the group discussions to translate the output of exercises in a graphic design. For participants it can be rewarding to see their input in a professional design. Art designs can also be used to clearly communicate the information to people that did not attend the exercise.
