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Too Late for What? Real Choices on a Changing Planet Find out what leading experts on climate change impacts, activism, and policy are saying about our choices today and our world tomorrow. Add …
Honoring James Hansen: Supplying the Spine
“To save the spineless world from itself, supplying the truth isn't enough. You need to supply the spine, too.” – Joe Romm When NASA climate scientist James Hansen testified before the Senate …
John Sterman and the Dalai Lama: Investigating Growth with a Piece of Paper
Here’s a fun game you can play to get acquainted with systems thinking: Take a sheet of paper and fold it in half. Now fold it in half again. Keep going until you’ve folded it six times. At this …
Rewards and Lessons From A Day of Systems Thinking with the Dalai Lama Fellows
“That’s another way we can ensure that traditional skills are passed on!” “If we modify the program we can include that whole group of kids we were forgetting!" “Should I invite the funders to …
C-ROADS receives System Dynamics Society Award
On Tuesday in Cambridge, MA the Climate Interactive team won an award for the Best "Real World" Application of System Dynamics at the annual conference of the System Dynamics Society. The award goes …
Gas Alone Not a Bridge to Two Degrees
Think Progress blogger Joe Romm takes Climate Interactive's analysis on the lifetime of fossil fuel infrastructure to build the case that natural gas is not a bridge to a carbon free future. His post …
4 Steps to New Project Insights at the Ashoka Future Forum
What do women's health screenings; increasing the number of science, technology and math teachers; building the infrastructure of African countries; building the client base for projects with a social …
Systems Thinking for Changemakers at Ashoka Future Forum
To put system thinking techniques into the hands of changemakers, Climate Interactive Co-Director Beth Sawin will be joining David Castro of I-LEAD Inc. to lead a workshop at the Ashoka Future Forum. …
Data-mining in Kenya
“The data might just be in filing cabinets at each border crossing.” We always knew it was going to be tough to make a model of drought-induced population displacement in Kenya, and this comment in …
4 More Years: Obama and the Challenge of our Time
Today as crowds are gathered on the national mall and millions tune in to hear the President's second inaugural address, those of us knee-deep in climate science are wondering what role climate change …