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  • Rooney-Varga, J. N., Coleman, R. L., Jones, A. P., Kapmeier, F., Newsome, P., Noiseux, K., Patten, B., Rath, K., & Sterman, J. D. (2025). Interactive role-play with climate policy simulation can motivate evidence-based climate action. Communications Earth & Environment, 6, 769.

  • Kapmeier, F., Greenspan, A., Jones, A., & Sterman, J. (2021). Science-based analysis for climate action: how HSBC Bank uses the En‑ROADS climate policy simulation. System Dynamics Review, 37(4), 333-335.

  • Rooney-Varga, J. N., Hensel, M., McCarthy, C., McNeal, K., Norfles, N., Rath, K., Schnell, A. N., & Sterman, J. D. (2021). Building Consensus for Ambitious Climate Action Through the World Climate Simulation. Earth’s Future, 9(12), e2021EF002283.

  • Eker, S. (2021). Drivers of photovoltaic uncertainty. Nature Climate Change, 11(3), 184-185.

  • Rooney-Varga, J. N., Kapmeier, F., Sterman, J. D., Jones, A. P., Putko, M., & Rath, K. (2019). The Climate Action Simulation. Simulations & Gaming, 51(2) 114-140.

  • Rooney-Varga, J. N., Sterman, J. D., Fracassi, E., Franck, T., Kapmeier, F., Kurker, V., Johnston, E., Jones, A. P., & Rath, K. (2018). Combining role-play with interactive simulation to motivate informed climate action: Evidence from the World Climate Simulation. PLOS ONE, 13(8).

  • Holz, C., Siegel, L. S., Johnston, E., Jones, A. P., & Sterman, J. (2018). Ratcheting ambition to limit warming to 1.5 °C-trade-offs between emission reductions and carbon dioxide removal. Environmental Research Letters, 13(6), 064028.

  • Sterman, J. D., Siegel, L., & Rooney-Varga, J. N. (2018). Does replacing coal with wood lower CO2 emissions? Dynamic lifecycle analysis of wood bioenergy. Environmental Research Letters, 13(1), 015007.

  • Sterman, J. (2014). Interactive web-based simulations for strategy and sustainability: The MIT Sloan LearningEdge management flight simulators, Part II System Dynamics Review, 30(3), 206-231.

  • Sterman, J., Franck, T., Fiddaman, T., Jones, A., McCauley, S., Rice, P., Sawin, E., Siegel, L., & Rooney-Varga, J. N. (2014). World Climate: A Role-Play Simulation of Climate Negotiations. Simulation & Gaming, 46(3-4), 348-382.

  • Sterman, J., Fiddaman, T., Franck, T., Jones, A., McCauley, S., Rice, P., Sawin, E., & Siegel, L. (2012). Climate interactive: The C‑ROADS climate policy model. System Dynamics Review, 28(3), 295-305.

  • Sterman, J. D., Fiddaman, T., Franck, T., Jones, A., McCauley, S., Rice, P., Sawin, E., & Siegel, L. (2013). Management flight simulators to support climate negotiations. Environmental Modelling & Software, 44, 122-135.

  • Sterman, J. D. (2008). Risk communication on climate: Mental models and mass balance. Science, 322(5901), 532-533.

  • Sterman, J. D., & Sweeney, L. B. (2007). Understanding public complacency about climate change: Adults’ mental models of climate change violate conservation of matter. Climatic Change, 80(3-4), 213-238.

Related Publications

  • Johnson C. (2025). Using Climate Simulators to Facilitate Peacebuilding: A Study of Practice. In Factis Pax, 19(1), 213-243.

  • Marhraoui, M. A., Ojubanire, O.A. (2025), Smart Learning and Climate Change Awareness: A Simulation-Based Case Study in Morocco. European Journal of Education, 60, e12917.

  • Popoyan, L., Sapio, A. (2025) Prevention first vs. cap-and-trade policies in an agent-based integrated assessment model with GHG emissions permits. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 35, 309–354.

  • Alfredo C., Laurence, and Christiani A. (2024) Innovative Climate Solutions: Simulating the Future with En-Roads. 2nd International Conference on Technology Innovation and Its Applications, 1-5.

  • Landmann, H., Ziegler, W. & Gaschler, R. (2024) Simulating climate policies influences how laypersons evaluate the effectiveness of climate protection measures. Environment, Development and Sustainability.

  • Rooney-Varga, J.N., Kapmeier, F., Henderson, C., Ford D. (2024) Community-based propagation to scale up educational innovations in sustainability. Nature Sustainability, 7, 1740–1750.

  • Acen C., Bamisile O., Cai D., Ukwuoma C., Obiora S., Huang Q., Ozsahin D., Adun H. (2024) The complementary role of carbon dioxide removal: A catalyst for advancing the COP28 pledges towards the 1.5 °C Paris Agreement target. Science of The Total Environment, 947, 174302.

  • Ryder, M. , Evro, S. , Brown, C. , & Tomomewo, O. S. (2023). Multi-Model Approach of Global Energy Model Validation: Times and EN-ROADS Models. American Journal of Energy Research, 11(2), 63-81.

  • Nemet, G., Greene, J., Müller-Hansen, F., Minx J. (2023) Dataset on the adoption of historical technologies informs the scale-up of emerging carbon dioxide removal measures. Communications Earth & Environment, 4, 397.

  • Garcia, C.A., Savilaakso, S., Verburg, R.W. et al. (2022) Strategy games to improve environmental policymaking. Nature Sustainability, 5, 464–471.

  • Vervoort J. M., Milkoreit M., Beek L., Mangnus A. C., Farrell D., McGreevy S. R., Ota K., Rupprecht C. D., Reed J. B., Huber M. (2022) Not just playing: The politics of designing games for impact on anticipatory climate governance. Geoforum, 137, 213-22.

  • Creutzig F., Kapmeier F. (2020) Engage, don’t preach: Active learning triggers climate action. Energy Research & Social Science, 70, 101779.

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