On March 5th Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts referred extensively to our work in remarks at a forum sponsored by Hitachi and featuring panels organized by the American Association for the …
Role-Playing a Path to Climate Stabilization
It was a big week for the Copenhagen Climate Exercise (now World Climate), the role-playing mock-UN policy exercise created here at Sustainability Institute and by John Sterman at MIT where people …
Bob Corell and Climate Action Initiative on NPR
Bob Corell of the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment talked about the exciting simulation-based work of the Climate Action Initiative on NPR's "Morning Edition" …
Building Confidence in C-ROADS
How does one build confidence in a system dynamics simulation like C-ROADS? Above you can see results from one important test that Tom Fiddaman of Ventana Systems did. Here's what he did: From the …
Simulating Possibility
Just back from COP-14, it is clearer to us than ever that simple, user-friendly climate change simulations like C-ROADS have the potential to help decision makers of all sorts visualize the long-term …
Two Foundations Invest In Climate Interactive
We're thrilled to announce that Zennström Philanthropies and the Morgan Family Foundation have both recently invested in Sustainability Institute's work on Climate Interactive and its intention to use …
Teaching in Germany from My Desk in the States
Taught climate dynamics in Germany using C-ROADS (formerly called Pangaea) today from my desk in North Carolina, USA. Using GoToMeeting to send the image of the model on my computer screen over to …
The Shape of Things to Come
Modeling math and equation goddess Lori Siegel recently sent along the latest version of C-ROADS (formerly called Pangaea) -- the latest evolution of it since our partners at the Forum for Active …
Three Climate Negotiators Walk into a Bar….
You and your friends have been socializing at a bar. Some arrived at lunch, some in the last few minutes. At the end of the night, the bill arrives. So one friend throws down a 20. Another a pile of …
Supporting the “Clout and Climate Change” War Game
Welcome to the "Clout and Climate Change" War Game led by the Center for New American Security. It is 2015. A category 5 hurricane ravaged Miami in 2012 and millions of Bangladeshi environmental …
What Experts Love about C-ROADS
"I think this is the best thing going in climate models for decision-makers. The C-ROADS simulator captures the essential features in the climate/energy equation and the critical consequences of …
C-ROADS — The Climate Rapid Overview and Decision-support Simulator
For information, background materials, and other info on C-ROADS, visit our project website on the simulator. Our team from Sustainability Institute, Ventana Systems, and MIT in the U.S. has …