Apply scoping tools
The scoping of any adaptation plan is where some of the most important decisions take
place and yet often little focus is put on this allowing differing assumptions about how
adaptation interventions will affect the system of interest to go unchallenged. Restating
the focus clearly and ensuring that new people coming into the process at this point are
aware of the reasons for the decisions already made is likely to greatly enhance the
relevance and quality of the resulting work. The adaptation options may have already
been decided but there is still likely to be differences of opinion about how they might
be implemented. By engaging all those likely to influence the work, help implement it
or benefit from it and using tools to understand their perspectives it becomes possible to
get a clearer picture of possible synergies and where conflicts may arise and how they
might be minimised.
