We are happy to report progress in our work on agriculture in Africa. The Agriculture and Land Policy Simulator (ALPS) model now includes an explicit treatment of water: rainfall, irrigation, water resources, and their effects on crops. Funded by our partners at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P), our Climate-Smart Agriculture Project aims to influence […]
Collaboration Between Health and Climate Leaders Leads to Success For Both – New Report From Climate Interactive
Fighting climate change is as simple as building collaborative relationships with colleagues in other jurisdictions or sectors. Our new report shows what’s possible and how it can be done! Multisolving at the Intersection of Health and Climate: Lessons From Success Stories, which was supported by a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, shares insights […]
German High Schools to Learn about Climate Change using World Climate Tools
We are inspired by the tireless efforts of our World Climate Ambassador, Florian Kapmeier, to ensure that World Climate becomes one of the tools for teaching climate change in high schools in Germany. At a side-event at COP 23 in Bonn, Florian presented the outcome of this collaboration with the Ministry of Education of the […]
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 as the previous version. Updated with new data and the ability to connect with audiences in their language of choice, we’re proud to release this free tool […]
Introducing Simulated Learning to the Permaculture Community in West Africa
By Kwame Ansah Baffour (Lecturer and Deputy Programs Manager, KITA; National Coordinator, Global Ecovillage Network-Ghana) Since attending the World Climate Simulation and Training event in July 2016 in Accra, Ghana, I was inspired to organize World Climate events within the networks of people that I work with. My third World Climate event was organized on […]
World Climate Succeeds at COP 22
At eight events, hundreds of people from across the world have had a chance to experience how it feels like to negotiate an ambitious global climate deal using Climate Interactive’s rigorous tools, C-ROADS and World Climate. This is how it happened. By engaging the business community, Prof. John Sterman was able to challenge the business […]
After the US Election, Climate Interactive Is Fighting for Climate Protection with More Vigor Than Ever
The political landscape in the US has shifted with this week’s election, but the biophysics of the planet and the carbon math of climate protection haven’t changed. We remain determined to provide accessible, real-time tools and analysis that help people understand and act on climate and commit ourselves to the inner and outer work of addressing injustice in […]
How Climate Interactive Can Contribute to Climate-Smart Agriculture Policymaking
The world has arrived at a special moment: the importance of agriculture in Africa is being realized and intersecting with opportunities for policymaking. Climate Interactive is partnering with Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) in a multiyear project to model the intersections among agriculture, production, emissions and resilience. We are excited to apply our skills […]
Climate-Smart Agriculture in Africa Project Presented at COP22
As we gather at COP 22 in Marrakesh there are many reasons why attention is focused on African Agriculture – and why Climate Interactive is engaging to help diffuse Climate-Smart Agriculture policies. We are partnering with Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) in a multiyear project to model the intersections among agriculture production, emissions and resilience. […]
New Design For World Climate Materials
With thousands worldwide using the World Climate simulation materials we decided that it was time for a makeover. Over the last few months we have been working to get you newly redesigned materials for World Climate and the final batch is here. You may have already noticed that World Climate now has its own logo. Now the […]