The December 2020 update to C-ROADS includes three significant changes to the modeling and interface of the simulator: 1. A new Baseline Scenario (renamed from "Business as Usual"), which leads to …
Leading a Virtual World Climate Simulation Event
It was our first virtual World Climate Simulation event! At the back of our minds, we kept wondering, what if some participants are unable to join because of a slow internet connection? What if some …
C-ROADS World Climate Update Released
Climate Interactive has released a new update to our C-ROADS World Climate Simulator. Version 1.2.2 includes several new features and updates: The historical data used in the model for has …
World Climate Simulation Grows in Popularity Worldwide
World Climate, our UN climate negotiation role-playing exercise, has reached over 50,000 people since we started keeping record in 2015! These participants have attended more than 1,100 events in at …
First World Climate Simulation in Bhutan Yields Commitments
By Sunil Sapkota, COPInMyCity Asia Officer On 24th of March 2018, I along with 70 other participants, celebrated WWF's Earth Hour Day with CliMates facilitating the first ever World Climate …
13 countries, one game – A call for Climate Action
By Carla Madueno Florian It was in November 2017 at the Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany when I first heard about the World Climate simulation. Amazed and convinced by the power of this …
Pakistan Hosts Competitive World Climate & World Energy Simulations
By Omer Akif Pakistan is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change in the world. It is the world's sixth most populated nation, however, a significant portion of its citizens remain …
New study released: Creating electricity with wood instead of coal worsens climate change
Displacing coal with wood for power generation will worsen climate change say MIT, UMass Lowell and Climate Interactive researchers New research challenges European Union policy …
“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 …
Big Updates to Our Climate Simulator
Climate Interactive has released a huge new update to C-ROADS World Climate, our climate change policy simulator. Version 1.1 now includes 3 times as many graphs and 3 times as many languages …
Analysis: U.S. Role in the Paris Agreement
By Ellie Johnston, Andrew Jones, Lori Siegel, and John Sterman President Trump is about to decide whether to withdraw from the historic Paris climate agreement or even take the US out of the UN …
What Slashing Climate Rules Means For the U.S. Pledge to Paris
President Trump has issued an executive order to begin repealing the Clean Power Plan and other Obama-era climate policies. So what are the impacts on the U.S. pledge to the Paris climate …