The World Climate role-play simulation can work for kids as young as 7-8 years old. We’ve done it – and found that they love the drama of negotiating, the visual delight of graph lines changing in C-ROADS, and the solutions-oriented approach to learning about climate change. Here are some suggestions about how to adapt the […]
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World Climate at the University of Ghana, Legon
Guest blog post by Dr. Jemima Yakah Amoah This World Climate Simulation was facilitated by Dr. Mrs. Jemima Yakah Amoah, Lecturer, Agricultural Extension Department, University of Ghana. Email: jemimayakah@gmail.com. Introduction On Monday 16th of April, 2018, the Climate Change and Adaptation in Agricultural Development class held the first World Climate Simulation at the University of Ghana, Legon. […]
First World Climate Simulation in Bhutan Yields Commitments
By Sunil Sapkota, COPInMyCity Asia Officer On 24th of March 2018, I along with 70 other participants, celebrated WWF’s Earth Hour Day with CliMates facilitating the first ever World Climate Simulation in Bhutan. We brought the UNFCCC Conference of Parties into our school, the College of Natural Resources, Lobesa, Punakha, Bhutan. We were supported and […]
World Climate @ Africa Climate Week
Date: 10th April 2018 Time: 8-1PM Venue: Conference Room 10, UNEP HQ, Nairobi Organizer: Climate Interactive Event Details: World Climate is an interactive simulation of the international climate negotiations. Developed by Climate Interactive and MIT, this model-based game parallels the UN climate change negotiation process. Participants will play world leaders who must produce a global […]
Pakistan Hosts Competitive World Climate & World Energy Simulations
By Omer Akif Pakistan is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change in the world. It is the world’s sixth most populated nation, however, a significant portion of its citizens remain oblivious to the magnitude of the challenge that we face. In order to bridge this gap of knowledge and action, I started COP […]
Tips on how to Customize World Climate for Different Audiences
Laura Tucker, from Jefferson County, Washington, shares her tips of facilitating World Climate with middle schoolers and adults in 2017. I was asked by the local Unitarian Church to offer a climate change class for their adult learning program. After watching an introductory video about C-ROADS, I thought World Climate would be the ideal way […]
Join the Creative Learning Exchange for World Climate @DynamiQueST
On March 16, the Creative Learning Exchange is hosting a World Climate Simulation at the DynamiQueST event at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Each year, DynamiQueST showcases the use of systems thinking and system dynamics tools in K-12 education. Last year, the World Climate Simulation made the event accessible to those who have not had […]
World Climate Prepares Climate Change Ambassadors at Strathmore, Kenya
By Olive Mumbo, Strathmore University student & SDSN Youth Campus Coordinator The World Climate Simulation Exercise November 10, 2017 – Through the conjoined efforts of the Strathmore Business School, Climate Interactive and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network – Youth, thirty-three students participated in the second World Climate Simulation organized by the University’s […]
World Climate Simulation Grows in 2017
This year hundreds of World Climate Simulation events took place around the world, which enabled the UN climate negotiation role playing exercise to reach thousands more people. Facilitators organized simulation events in new countries including: Algeria, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Hungary, Liberia, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, and Somalia. World Climate Simulation by the numbers since 2015: 762 events 74 countries 35,000+ participants 218 events took place […]
Video: Why Run the World Climate Simulation
At COP23 the Climate Interactive team was excited to spend time with many people who are facilitating the World Climate Simulation worldwide. On several occasions we bumped into people who talked about how transformative they find the World Climate Simulation to be with the audiences they work with. We caught a few of them on […]