With the close of COP-17, parties to the UNFCCC maintained the same inadequate emissions reduction pledges, thus committing the world to a more costly and risky path forward than is needed given the …
Seeing a Bigger Picture in the Great Lakes: Systems Mapping for Powerful Insights
By Beth Sawin A team from Climate Interactive recently used systems thinking tools to steer a group of Great Lakes leaders through these powerful questions on the health of the lakes: How do the …
Another Report Says We Are Steering the Planet Into a Dangerously Hot Future
Ahead of climate talks in Doha, Qatar next week, the UN Environmental Programme has released the third Emissions Gap Report. Climate Interactive Co-Director Beth Sawin is once again one of the …
Better Public Policy Through Systems Thinking: Visionary Leadership from Mayor Curtatone
The following essay was written by the Mayor of Somerville, Massachusetts, Joseph Curtatone. Although Curtatone ties systems thinking to I-93 and childhood obesity in Somerville, the same long-term …