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This guide presents a scenario involving Barrio Inundado, a low-income coastal neighborhood in South America, to illustrate the process of consulting residents on climate vulnerability and developing resilience plans.

The document outlines a character profile for a 15-year-old student living in the marginal urban neighbourhood of Barrio Inundado. The persona is designed to explore the impacts of flooding on youth, specifically how floodwaters disrupt access to education and daily errands, and to identify potential contributions a young person could make to community resilience, such as joining a volunteer network for practical help or applying future legal studies to enforce building and land zoning codes.

The document outlines a character profile for a 62-year-old retired agricultural worker living in the marginal urban neighbourhood of Barrio Inundado. The persona is designed to highlight the specific vulnerabilities of elderly, less mobile residents during floods, noting that flooding ruins "furniture and food supplies" and cuts off "freshwater supplies". It emphasizes the social barriers to participation, stating that "people are prejudiced against an older peasant woman", while expressing interest in an "organised network of volunteers" to provide and receive practical help during future flood events.

The document outlines a role-playing exercise for a 28-year-old male public sector employee living in Barrio Inundado. The character is tasked with discussing the impacts of neighbourhood flooding, the lack of available flood risk information, and the potential for a volunteer network to support residents. The scenario emphasizes the character's motivation to protect property values and prompts a discussion on how to make diverse community members, including indigenous women and LGBTQ+ individuals, feel comfortable working together toward a common goal.

The document outlines a simulation exercise where a civil servant leads a climate vulnerability and risk assessment for Barrio Inundado. Participants act out characters to explore how individual attributes influence their experience of floods and collaborate to develop and refine a climate change adaptation plan based on local perspectives.