The film Disruption features incredible and informative interviews from scientists, activists and leaders - including Climate Interactive partner John Sterman of MIT - who knows that we can tackle the …
Powerful Role Play Exercise at MIT Builds Grounded Hope for the Climate
World Energy from Climate Interactive on Vimeo World Energy is a role-playing game that enables participants to work together in groups to negotiate a pathway through the global energy transition and …
The Green Infrastructure Decision Support Tool – Lessons and Possibilities
At Climate Interactive, we create tools that help political leaders and decision-makers make smart decisions in the face of a change climate. While many of our tools take a global perspective, our …
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 …
Flooding (too) close to home
At Climate interactive, we work on climate and study the impacts, but when they hit close to home it’s a reminder of the importance of preparing in advance. Echoing many of the themes in Beth's …
DRC Trip to See Multiple Displacement Firsthand
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is amazingly beautiful. Though torn by decades of war and violence, I understand why others have referred to the region as a 'land of plenty' -- good soil …
Four Reasons We Build Simulations of Infrastructure Investment
As a panelist for a recent EPA-sponsored webcast on green infrastructure and resilience (click here for the slides from that presentation) I was prompted to explain why system dynamics computer …
Pastoralist Simulator Helps Global Conversation on Drought-Induced Displacement
Climate Interactive was proud to participate in an important global meeting in Nairobi recently. The Nansen Initiative is an on-going international conversation on the situation of 'cross-border …
Small But Mighty: Climate Interactive Ranked 12th Best Climate Think Tank in the World
Climate Interactive placed 12th among 210 climate change economics and policy think tanks around the world, and 4th best in the United States, according to the International Center for Climate …
Newest Climate Interactive team member
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Charles "Skuk" Jones to the Climate Interactive team! He will serve as a Senior Modeler to work in the growing area of International Adaptation and Resilience. Skuk …
Building Theories on Community Resilience in Africa
If a small village is subject to an external shock like a drought, a war, or a flood, its residents will likely suffer material and/or human losses, but hopefully rebuild and thrive. If that same …
C-ROADS in Science: Global Action At Rate of U.S. Progress Could Lead Toward Two Degrees
How might the new U.S. EPA pollution rules ripple out to affect global action that reduces future climate risk? We were happy when Eli Kintisch of Science asked Dr. Lori Siegel and me here at …