Games can help us ensure that climate and energy analysis gets used to make a difference. Last week at the Climate Prediction Applications Science Workshop in Miami, Climate Interactive co-director …
Simulations essential for addressing climate change
MIT professor and Climate Interactive team member, John Sterman, succinctly explains in the video below that using simulation models can help policymakers address climate change. John explains, "If …
19 Climate Games that Could Change the Future
The prevalence of games in our culture provides an opportunity to increase the understanding of our global challenges. In 2008 the Pew Research Center estimated that over half of American adults …
More updates to C-ROADS version 3
Another release of C-ROADS is available with more new features! Why the update, so soon after our last? We want to give people, like you, who are using our free tools access to the latest updates and …
Students Experience Climate Negotiations in Simulation-Based Role-play Exercise
Providing a look at the reactions and lessons learned after participating in the World Climate Exercise, the video below shares new insights into the experiences of World Climate …
C-ROADS Simulation Inspires Sustainability Leaders
Stories come back to us here at Climate Interactive from time to time that remind us that our work is making a difference. The following comes out of the MIT News Office about a graduate student who, …
Join a Free Webinar – New Features in C-ROADS Climate Simulation
In response to the needs of our users, Climate Interactive has updated the C-ROADS climate policy testing software with a suite of new features and analytic abilities. In this one-hour webinar, three …
Climate Interactive and our simulations align with plea of UN Panel
“Measures should be taken to strengthen the interface between policymaking and science in order to facilitate informed political decision-making on sustainable development issues.” So reads one of …
To hit the gas or not?: Natural gas and our energy future
Debate over whether to promote natural gas or not has been elevated across the country following President Obama's State of the Union address where he made a strong call for natural gas development. …
C-ROADS Update Available – Download version 3.0 today!
Every new release of C-ROADS marks an exciting milestone for the small team here at Climate Interactive that began creating this model three years ago and continue to advance it in a world where the …
Can a Graph Be a Call to Action?
A new article, 2011 Climate Change in Pictures and Data: Just the Facts, shares, in just two pages, seven of the most important graphs on the planet. The datasets are striking, and author …
Cheap Natural Gas Has the Potential to Weaken a Critical Feedback Loop Needed for the Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy
Early adoption of renewable energy helps jump start the transition to a low-carbon economy via a reinforcing feedback loop. Anything that diminishes early adoption of renewable energy - including …