New insights on decision-making

1. This is a process with many inter-dependencies, changing one in an iterative feedback styled loop can lead to changes in future decision-making that can't be foreseen?
2. Need to understand what models and data are actually available, people with experience
3. Hard to get to a shared understanding of the question (e.g. flexibility can have different meanings for different stakeholders)
4. It's complicated!

Discussion points on models

1. Need to keep updating models for them to remain relevant
2. Ned to understand some of the interlinkages and feedback loops, to see if the original question was correct?
3. Identifying feedback loops to understand how the model can spiral out of control
4. If using models to provide data need to ensure the inputs are related with our other data inputs. Make sure assumptions are consistent across the models/data.
5. Need to catalogue models more effectively as interfacing different models is crucial for energy systems modelling

Discussion points on data

1. we are living in a live and changing climate system, that is reflexive to the inputs and demands that we create. how do our data sets incorporate this level of change and translate that into policy formation? do we use average values (sometimes lower) or plan for the outcomes created by the more unlikely worst-case scenarios
2. We assume all stakeholders are willing to share data. We need agreements and frameworks to enable data sharing or open-access to data

Feedback on workshop and platform

1. Some way to group data points - having the ability to move the inputs together in loose groups.
2. 1st column model input, 2nd columns model, 3rd model output, 4th research question
3. This is the best ever workshop interraction tool we used so far. Adding a feature to choose multiple options would be good
4. Ability to add feedback loops between nodes