Figure 1
The image shows a triangular framework enclosed within a dotted circular boundary, with text elements positioned inside and around the triangle. At the center of the triangle, a circular area is labeled “Plausible Futures”. The triangle is divided into three colored triangular sections. The top triangular section is labeled “Foresight about the future”. The bottom left triangular section is labeled “Insight into present-day trends”. The bottom right triangular section is labeled “Hindsight into the past”. Above the triangle, the text above the top-center vertex reads “Pull of the Future”, followed by the subtitle “Dominant and contending images of the future”. At the left vertex of the triangle, text reads “Push of the Present”, followed by the description “Trends occurring in present day that can shape future trajectories”. At the right vertex of the triangle, text reads “Weight of the Past”, followed by the description “Deep patterns that are resistant to change”.Conceptual illustration of the Futures Triangle framework (adapted from UNDP, 2022), showing how the weights of the past, pushes of the present and pulls of the future interact