Originally posted on the UMass Lowell Climate Change Initiative website on January 21, 2020 by Dr. Juliette N. Rooney-Varga, re-posted with permission. A new study published in Simulation and ...
Cheddar TV interview features Axios energy reporter Amy Harder discussing En-Roads
Axios energy reporter Amy Harder wrote about our new Climate Change Solutions Simulation, En-ROADS, and appeared on Cheddar to discuss the model. Described by Amy as a "Choose Your Own Adventure" ...
The En-ROADS Climate Solutions Simulator is here
Register for one of our launch events! En-ROADS is an online climate simulator which provides everyone with an opportunity to foster meaningful conversations, precipitate change, and address the ...
Gaming carbon dioxide removal with young climate leaders
Blog post by Bindu Bhandari, Climate Interactive, and Viktor Jósa, CliMates Original post found here What does it really take to stay well below 2°C global temperature rise as agreed in the ...
Negotiating for the Future at SimPlanet
On the last day of MIT Orientation Week, I found myself in a room with about 50 other new MIT students participating in an interactive climate policy game called “SimPlanet.” Over the course of four ...
An Unlikely Story of Equitable Solutions in an Unequal City
Cities are making a comeback in the United States. After half a century of disinvestment and suburban white flight, city-center living is “in” again. Across the country urban revitalization follows a ...
VICE News Tonight features Climate Interactive and MIT’s John Sterman
VICE News Tonight ran a piece on HBO which featured MIT Sloan Professor John Sterman leading the World Climate roleplay game for executive MBA students. Two of our simulation ...
US News Op-Ed: Can 2019 Be the Year of the Climate Pivot?
READ OUR US NEWS & WORLD REPORT OP ED 2018 brought record-breaking extreme weather events: drought, floods, hurricanes, and the deadliest wildfire in California history, all exacerbated by ...
From MIT Sloan: This Tool Is Pushing People To take Action On Climate Change
Originally posted on the MIT Sloan School of Management Newsroom on October 11, 2018 by Meredith Somers, re-posted with permission. Research led by Professor Juliette Rooney-Varga of the UMass ...
New York Times Op-Ed: Climate Still Worth Fighting For
READ OUR NEW YORK TIMES OP-ED Increased frequency and intensity of natural disasters around the world. Disappearing islands and coastlines. Mass species extinction and biodiversity loss. ...
Is the Key to Sparking Climate Action a Game? New Research Suggests It Is, Even Across the Political Divide
81% of participants in a role play simulation increased motivation to combat climate change, regardless of political orientation Research published in PLOS ONE finds that 81% of participants in the ...
6 Methods to Unlock the Magic of Multisolving
The complex and interconnected challenges facing us today require solutions that pool people's expertise, funding, and political will to create solutions that multisolve, or solve multiple problems at ...