Backcasting is a planning method that starts with defining a desirable future and then works backwards to identify policies and programs that will connect that specified future to the present. […] The fundamental question of backcasting asks: “if we want to attain a certain goal, what actions must be taken to get there?”

(“Backcasting” 2022)

Bibliography

“Backcasting.” 2022. Wikipedia, September. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Backcasting&oldid=1111706551.