It’s been just over half a year since we launched the En-ROADS climate solutions simulator publicly at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP25) in Madrid. It took little time for people 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 …
How Rwanda is avoiding emissions, restoring communities, and improving livelihoods
During a recent visit to Rwanda, I learnt from three projects how the country is on a pathway to low-carbon development, building a socially resilient community of young people, and financing a green …
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 …
Simulation Efforts in Africa Endorsed by the COP 22 Secretariat
We are delighted to announce that our efforts to build African capacity on climate change modeling and decision tools have been endorsed by the COP 22 Secretariat. Back in May, Climate Interactive …
Eduardo Pedro Fracassi: Climate Student to Climate Star
In three years, Professor Eduardo Pedro Fracassi has journeyed from being inactive on climate change progress to making a major impact with Climate Interactive's World Climate Exercise. He’s gone from …
Starting a Global Climate Movement for Young People with Millennial Leader Juliette Decq
Few people can go to the UN climate change summit, so Juliette brings the UN summit to the people. Twenty-two-year-old Juliette Decq is the founder and head of COP in MyCity, a project …
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 …
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 …
Running “Mock-UN” Climate Negotiations in Croatia from a Desk in the USA
As I write, 40 Croatian electrical utility executives and youth leaders are playing the roles of global UN delegates and proposing emissions targets to stabilize the climate. They are in Croatia, …
Developed World Strikes a Climate Deal with Developing World (in a sim at least)
For the first time in our ~20 runnings of the simulation-based "Mock-UN" role-playing exercise, The Copenhagen Climate Exercise (now World Climate), the delegates from the developed world moved first …
Leaders for a New Climate Workshop Engages and Empowers
Last week, Climate Interactive and Seed Systems held the first Leaders for a New Climate workshop at the MIT Sloan School School of Management in Cambridge, MA. This three-day workshop combined …