In reaction to Obama’s strong words on climate change in his inaugural address yesterday, Stephanie Pappas of LiveScience followed up yesterday’s coverage of Obama and climate change with additional commentary from Beth Sawin and Travis Franck of Climate Interactive. Obama Takes Stand on Climate in Inaugural Speech Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer Date: 21 January 2013 President Barack Obama discussed the need to act on climate […]
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 will play in his second term. The science blog LiveScience talked to Beth Sawin and Travis Franck here at Climate Interactive for […]
Beth Sawin Illuminates the Emissions Gap For U.S. Media
Climate Interactive Co-Director Beth Sawin is one of the co-authors of the UNEP Emissions Gap Report, which is getting widespread coverage, as eyes focus on this year’s climate negotiations hosted by the tiny oil-rich middle eastern country of Qatar. Below is coverage of the negotiations featuring Climate Interactive from Live Science. Beth was also interviewed yesterday […]
Another Report Says We Are Steering the Planet Into a Dangerously Hot Future
Ahead of climate talks in Doha, Qatar next week, the UN Environmental Programme has released the third Emissions Gap Report. Climate Interactive Co-Director Beth Sawin is once again one of the report’s authors. Like the World Bank report released last week, this report reminds us that reducing our emissions is paramount. Christiana Figueres, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on […]
Carbon Prices, Regulation, and New Technology: En-ROADS Shows if it Will Work
With Climate Interactive’s En-ROADS simulation it becomes possible to try out differently energy policies and scenarios and quickly see how they will effect our world. Recently Climate Interactive Co-Director Beth Sawin led a workshop to exhibit the features of En-ROADS and explore the insights it provides. Below is a review of the event from Sarah Parkinson […]
C-ROADS Article Published in System Dynamics Review
The current edition of the journal System Dynamics Review, features an article by our team here at Climate Interactive on our simulation C-ROADS. With over 700 users worldwide and counting, C-ROADS has improved the understanding of which national climate commitments will have an impact and what is needed for us to close the gap between maintaining […]
Seeing a Bigger Picture in the Great Lakes: Systems Mapping for Powerful Insights
By Beth Sawin A team from Climate Interactive recently used systems thinking tools to steer a group of Great Lakes leaders through these powerful questions on the health of the lakes: How do the interconnected challenges of climate change, invasive species, and nutrient run-off impact the ecological and social health of the North American Great […]
Our Three Big Impacts
By Drew Jones, Beth Sawin, and Stephanie McCauley What has our impact been? Eight people, dozens of partners, five years, and two simulation models — what does it add up to? Here’s our informal assessment of how much of a contribution we’ve made to the global effort to curb climate change Together with our partners, […]
Beth Sawin Fills the Sails of Corporate Action to Close the Climate Chasm
Closing the emissions gap requires all hands on deck and Climate Interactive Co-Director Beth Sawin is heading to Miami, Florida, the latest stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race, to speak to a group of business leaders who are taking up the charge. While actual deckhands race on sailboats just offshore, race sponsor Volvo will also […]
What we do and why are we doing it: a radio interview with Climate Interactive
What is it that keeps an organization like Climate Interactive ticking? Co-directors Drew Jones and Beth Sawin, along with team member and MIT professor, John Sterman, joined Radio Green Talk host Diana Dehm to discuss this and elaborate on why we provide the tools that we do. During the program John discusses how we use […]