Media outlets are speculating on what might become of US climate policies in the face of Trump and have called on us to run the numbers on different scenarios. The latest burst of stories has surrounded news that senior Trump officials are going to hold a meeting to settle the administration’s position on the Paris Agreement. There appears […]
Six Opportunities to Benefit Children’s Health and the Climate
As climate change worsens, health risks increase. Less well recognized is the converse – many of the attitudes and actions that protect the climate of the future also help improve health today. Here are six ways to improve the health of children and families that protect the climate at the same time: Get off of […]
Dr. Florian Kapmeier and World Climate Inspire German Students
A group of German college students learned that early action is needed in the fight against global climate change when Professor Dr. Florian Kapmeier led them in the World Climate exercise. The event was highlighted in Reutlinger General-Anzeiger, the local newspaper where the students attend college. The students, who attend Reutlingen University’s ESB Business School in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, dived […]
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 Climate Student to Climate Star. After seeing a presentation of Climate Interactive’s work, Eduardo co-facilitated with fellow professor Fabian Szulanski 17 World Climate Exercise workshops, proposed a Climate Engineering course at the Buenos […]
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 of CliMates. The organization is a youth-led project that aims to bridge the gap between climate negotiations and the mainstream public by fostering education and action about climate change locally and […]
World Energy at NCSE Energy & Climate Conference
Climate Interactive’s World Energy Exercise enables participants to take on the role of leaders from key economic and energy sectors and negotiate a climate and energy deal. Later this month, participants at the National Council for Science and the Environment’s (NCSE) 15th National Conference and Global Forum on Science Policy and the Environment: Energy and Climate Change will have an opportunity to design their own […]
Why the Latest Energy Breakthrough Won’t Help the Climate Much
Cross-posted from Grist.org We all just love a story where the suspense builds and builds, the whole tale teeters on the brink of disaster — but then, just in time, the hero or heroine saves the day. And it’s no different with climate change. As we watch this slow-motion catastrophe unfurl, we hold out […]
Building on the People’s Climate March – Four Suggestions From Systems Thinking
Systems thinking points to ways to build on the momentum created by last Sunday’s People’s Climate March. For the global climate movement as a whole and certainly for the five Climate Interactive team members who were able to march in New York City on Sunday, the People’s Climate March was an exhilarating moment. We saw […]
New Powerful Role Play Exercise at MIT Builds Grounded Hope for the Climate
World Energy from Climate Interactive on VimeoWorld Energy is a new role-playing game that enables participants to work together in groups to negotiate a pathway through the global energy transition and limit future climate risk. In the video above, featuring Andrew Jones, John Sterman, and Juliette Rooney-Varga, students at MIT play the exercise and experience the dramatic negotiations […]
John Sterman on the Power of Simulations
At a recent MIT conference, Climate Interactive member Prof. John Sterman provided an inspiring analysis of the relationship between big data, climate models and climate change action. As we see data and models become more advanced and more available, we’re only really reaching the first step toward solving the problem of climate change. The real […]