Table 2.

Scripts, functions and outputs that build on each other, employed in the GMB workshop to develop a shared understanding of system dynamics driving nutrition security in the face of climate change in Puerto Rico. Scripts (adapted from Hovmand et al. (2011))⁽⁴⁰⁾

Scripts	Functions	Outputs
1. Hopes and fears	Establish a set of values that embrace diverse perspectives, transparency across all participants.	List of participants’ hopes and fears regarding discussion process
2. Food and nutrition insecurity in Puerto Rico over time	Initiate mapping by generating multiple factors as potential drivers of the problem of food and nutrition insecurity in Puerto Rico. Begin to generate narratives to explain current community conditions, based on historical trends and environmental, climate change factors	Candidate factors for CLD
3. Convergent dots	Sort through many possible choices and select those that are most important to group	Prioritised factors
4. Connecting circles	Introduce concepts of causal connections and feedback relationships in a system for increased and sustainable food and nutrition security in Puerto Rico. Make linkages between variables across sectors explicit.	Connecting circles per group
5. Causal loop diagram	Synthesise multiple perspectives of the problem and reveal new insight into improved food and nutrition security in sustainable ways, keeping grounded in the experiences of users.	One CLD per group
6. Action ideas (leverage points)	Identify and qualify action ideas according to perceived feasibility (what is already happening) and opportunities (what can be done).	Prioritised list of leverage points

GMB, group model building; CLD, causal loop diagram.