The size and frequency of mass protests, strikes, and marches calling for climate action are both rising. We’ve been tracking the numbers, as one measure of momentum of the climate movement. One week ago, an estimated 4 million people around the world participated in Climate Strikes, organized and led by young people. That was a […]
New Project: Multisolving for Resilience and Climate
How do we build long-term resilience to climate change while also creating short-term benefits? Our team identified four unique cases across the United States that are multisolving for climate resilience. Starting today, we will release a case study each Monday for the next four weeks. Our first case study comes from an area that is […]
The Global Climate Movement is Growing at a Faster and Faster Rate
After last week’s global climate strike we took a look back at the data on the size and scale of previous climate rallies, protests, and marches. The results show a movement that is not only growing, it is growing at a faster and faster rate. To understand systems, pay attention to their momentum. That’s one […]
What role can afforestation play in addressing climate change?
Analysis of Recent Afforestation Reporting Based on Bastin et al. (2019) with the En-ROADS Simulator By Andrew P. Jones, Dr. Lori Siegel, and Dr. Florian Kapmeier New study on afforestation Research published recently in Science by Jean-Francois Bastin et al. (2019) entitled “The global tree restoration potential” received high media attention all around the world. […]
UN Youth Climate Summit Leaders In NYC: Come Play Our New Game!
Date And TimeSun, September 22, 20192:00 PM – 4:30 PM EDT LocationCarnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs170 East 64th Street New York, NY 10065 United States View Map Presented by the Carnegie Climate Governance Initiative (C2G) and Climate Interactive Reducing emissions is hard enough, but to reach net zero emissions and beyond the IPCC says we also […]
An Unlikely Story of Equitable Solutions in an Unequal City
Cities are making a comeback in the United States. After half a century of disinvestment and suburban white flight, city-center living is “in” again. Across the country urban revitalization follows a similar pattern: often well-intentioned but ultimately exclusionary, frequently leading to displacement. However, in some cities folks are successfully working together to disrupt the familiar […]
VICE News Tonight features Climate Interactive and MIT’s John Sterman
VICE News Tonight ran a piece on HBO which featured MIT Sloan Professor John Sterman leading the World Climate roleplay game for executive MBA students. Two of our simulation models—C-ROADS and En-ROADS—are used to guide students on the impacts of their climate policy negotiations. The game, called the World Climate Simulation, puts participants into the […]
Climate Interactive: Show, don’t tell
Written by: Sara Wanous of the Citizen’s Climate Lobby. Read the original post here. Each month, Citizens’ Climate Lobby hosts an online meeting featuring a guest speaker to educate listeners on topics related to climate change, carbon fee and dividend, and the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act. Check out recaps of past speakers here. Climate Interactive is […]
Climate Simulation: Role Playing Exercise that Feels Like the Real Thing
Guest post by Bob Aston, Project Officer at the Arid Lands Information Network (ALIN). He can be reached at baston@alin.net. The room was set up differently than it was before we went for lunch. A quick glance around showed that the section marked USA and European Union (EU) seemed lavishly set compared to the section marked Other Developing Nations. […]
Include Co-Benefits As Well As Costs When Formulating Climate Policies
Climate change has entered the forefront of national dialogue. In government, in organizations, and across sectors, people are talking about climate change. Systems thinking suggests that conversations about climate policy and climate action will be most productive if they are based on a full accounting of the costs and benefits of particular actions. However, too […]