From bicycles and buses that keep people and goods moving after a disaster to solar energy that keeps businesses running, investments that reduce greenhouse gas emissions are also providing disaster resilience around the world. After the devastation caused by the powerful earthquake that hit Mexico City in September, the city’s bus rapid transit lanes, bike-sharing […]
The ups and downs of a World Climate Simulation Event in Turkey
By: Barış Can Sever Climate Simulation Program (CSP), 22-26 September – Ankara In late September the World Climate Simulation Program (a model UNFCCC/COP), which has been regularly organized in various parts of the world, was conducted by the Change for Climate Project (C4C) under the leadership of Oğuz Tosun (the World Climate Ambassador of Turkey) with […]
New MIT Course Features World Climate
A new undergraduate course at MIT, one of the core courses for the newly created Environment & Sustainability minor, will feature the World Climate Simulation. The course, called People and the Planet, will prepare students to bring positive change in the world by helping them understand the policies and regulations behind new energy technologies and […]
Milestone: Forestry and Soil Carbon and the Agriculture and Land Policy Simulator
Climate Interactive, working with our partners at University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P) in Morocco, has completed the second major model release for our Climate Smart Agriculture in Africa project. Now titled the Agriculture and Land Policy Simulator (ALPS), it builds upon the versions introduced this spring and last fall. This system dynamics decision support tool helps policymakers see what […]
Hurricane Harvey and the Case for Multisolving
Extreme weather events are causing suffering around the world. Multisolving solutions that target both climate change and flood risk can help. Last week, we heard news of massive floods causing untold damage and killing and displacing thousands of people around the world, in the southern United States, South Asia, West Africa, and Yemen. These conditions […]
“You Fix the Climate” – Behind the New York Times Opinion Piece
The new interactive tool in the New York Times, “You Fix It: Can You Stay Within the World‘s Carbon Budget?” gives you the power to explore over 8,000 scenarios for addressing climate change. For many, experimenting with the opinion piece can be a challenging experience. We recommend that you watch this video or read this post on […]
World Climate Simulation with High School Students in Ghana
By Joshua Amponsem, WC Ambassador It was during our April World Climate Ambassadors call that I was motivated to organize a World Climate simulation (WC) for high school students in Ghana. To me, it is very essential that young people familiarize themselves with our changing climate and grow up with an ethical mindset to make […]
World Climate Simulation Spreads in South Korea Thanks to One Man
We welcome our newly appointed World Climate Ambassador, Dr. Chang Kwon (Benjamin) Chung who is also the President of the System Leadership Institute in Seoul, South Korea. Dr. Chung has worked effortlessly to integrate the World Climate Simulation into the teaching of environmental studies in K-12 education and reach out to Korean government agencies. Since 2014, he […]
Top 11 Reasons for Climate Hope
We know there’s been a lot of bad news on climate change lately. But there is plenty of good news too, and we think it’s just as urgent that people hear the good that is happening around the globe. Recognizing the progress the world has made keeps us hopeful and avoids the feeling of helplessness […]
Modeling Soil Carbon and Agriculture
Sometimes the very early stages of modeling can reveal important lessons. Validation and data are important for building a policy-relevant model, but setting up the basic physics of a problem and exploring its dynamics are important building blocks. From this process, we have learned some interesting lessons about agriculture and soil carbon sequestration. As part of […]