A group of 185 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows from across the world got a crash course in climate change policy from Climate Interactive Co-Director Drew Jones at this year's Global Leadership Forum in …
Beth Sawin at UMass Lowell: Climate Change Solutions for the Future We Need
Creating workable solutions to climate change isn’t easy, but human beings have a history of overcoming obstacles in difficult times (as we've said before, ending the slave trade was once similarly …
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Too Late for What? Real Choices on a Changing Planet Find out what leading experts on climate change impacts, activism, and policy are saying about our choices today and our world tomorrow. Add …
Two Interactive Graphics to Illuminate the UN Climate Report’s Latest Findings
After much anticipation, the U.N. recently released its Fifth Assessment Report on climate change, leaving us with more certainty than ever that we need to do more to address the effects of climate …
Climate Interactive’s Travis Franck talks insights at UMass Lowell
As part of its ongoing interview series, the Climate Change Initiative at University of Massachussetts Lowell talked recently with Climate Interactive’s Travis Franck about some of our simulators and …
19 Reasons Why We Need Climate Change Solutions Now
In his latest blog for Transition Voice, Prof. Guy McPherson of the University of Arizona provides us with an excellent reminder of just how urgent climate action is with a list of 19 natural …
Climate Interactive Showcases Drought and Displacement Simulation before UN
As global warming advances, much of the planet’s most vulnerable population is already seeing its livelihood affected. In some cases, the effect is so strong that people must uproot their lives …
Honoring James Hansen: Supplying the Spine
“To save the spineless world from itself, supplying the truth isn't enough. You need to supply the spine, too.” – Joe Romm When NASA climate scientist James Hansen testified before the Senate …
World Climate Leaves MIT Students with Important Insights
For years, Climate Interactive’s World Climate exercise has been used in classrooms and conferences around the world to help students and professionals better understand the challenges facing …
What is an Elephant? 5 Ways Systems Thinking Helps Action on Climate
Cross-posted from Climate Access. Where do you spend your time working on climate change amid the many stakeholders, complex biogeochemical processes, and thousands of laws, rules, and incentives? …
John Sterman and the Dalai Lama: Investigating Growth with a Piece of Paper
Here’s a fun game you can play to get acquainted with systems thinking: Take a sheet of paper and fold it in half. Now fold it in half again. Keep going until you’ve folded it six times. At this …
Robert Knisely: We Need More System Dynamics in Government
"Genius has been defined as the ability to come to correct conclusions on insufficient information." -Robert Knisely In his latest blog entry for Governing, former Clinton administration official …