Transition Scenarios via Backcasting

This article offers ＂transition scenarios＂ as a variation on the backcasting technique. The variation in essence developed a shorter-term version of a long-term set of scenarios that had been developed just a few years prior. The scenarios themselves are only briefly highlighted as the principal emphasis is on the methodological variation. A full version of the scenarios is part of a separate ＂Global Technical Report＂ publication (Hines, Schutte, Romero, ＆ Bengston, 2019). The variation is offered in the spirit of an experiment in the hope that it might be useful to futurists and others confronted with a similar methodological challenge of working with a client who ＂already has＂ scenarios that are judged to be outside of a useful planning horizon.