The new interactive tool in the New York Times, “You Fix It: Can You Stay Within the World‘s Carbon Budget?” gives you the power to explore over 8,000 scenarios for addressing climate change. For many, experimenting with the opinion piece can be a challenging experience. We recommend that you watch this video or read this post on […]
World Climate Simulation with High School Students in Ghana
By Joshua Amponsem, WC Ambassador It was during our April World Climate Ambassadors call that I was motivated to organize a World Climate simulation (WC) for high school students in Ghana. To me, it is very essential that young people familiarize themselves with our changing climate and grow up with an ethical mindset to make […]
World Climate Simulation Spreads in South Korea Thanks to One Man
We welcome our newly appointed World Climate Ambassador, Dr. Chang Kwon (Benjamin) Chung who is also the President of the System Leadership Institute in Seoul, South Korea. Dr. Chung has worked effortlessly to integrate the World Climate Simulation into the teaching of environmental studies in K-12 education and reach out to Korean government agencies. Since 2014, he […]
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 […]
Analysis: U.S. Role in the Paris Agreement
By Ellie Johnston, Andrew Jones, Lori Siegel, and John Sterman President Trump is about to decide whether to withdraw from the historic Paris climate agreement or even take the US out of the UN climate negotiation process (UNFCCC). The implications of this decision will be momentous for the US and for the world. To explore […]
A World Climate Simulation in Pictures
Our recently appointed World Climate Ambassador, Dr. Diana Pritchard, facilitated an exceptional World Climate Simulation involving participants from three generations and from diverse cultural settings that are studying, living and working in Bedfordshire, UK. Each delegation included at least one student, one academic and one representative of a community organisation. Everyone, irrespective of academic level […]
What Slashing Climate Rules Means For the U.S. Pledge to Paris
President Trump has issued an executive order to begin repealing the Clean Power Plan and other Obama-era climate policies. So what are the impacts on the U.S. pledge to the Paris climate agreement? See the story in the New York Times for more. The New York Times used our data and analysis to show the enormous effect in the […]
World Climate Organized to Pilot Learning about Climate and International Debates
Written by Dr. Diana Pritchard, University of Bedfordshire, England Climate change, one of the biggest challenges facing our societies, impacts increasingly on our communities locally and across the world. While the UK government together with other nations work on crucial political agreements to mitigate against the worst effects and finance adaptation efforts, there is a need […]
World Climate Simulation at a Business University in Kenya
By Joyce Muthoni Strathmore University, 28 October 2016 – Over 35 Strathmore University students gathered at the Strathmore Business School for the World Climate Simulation organized by the Strathmore Center for Sustainability Leadership and the Strathmore University Student Council in partnership with Climate Interactive. The event aimed at increasing interest in and mobilizing youth […]
Video – Ten Reasons to Be Hopeful for the Climate
Climate Interactive Co-Director Andrew (Drew) Jones shared his top ten reasons to be hopeful for the climate in this dynamic presentation for the Sierra Club (16 minutes). It includes a demo of the team’s free, open-source simulator, C-ROADS.