Big learning last night at the amazing TEDx Asheville: People who understand the urgency of climate action are HUNGRY for a scientifically grounded story of the path to a global climate deal. As part …
Climate Interactive Plays “Green Drinks” in Asheville
"And now everyone lift their watermelon over their head...!" Click above for recent presentation of results from our C-ROADS simulation in Asheville North Carolina, home of NCDC -- the country's …
Carrying Our Trash and Simulating Our Climate
Why does our team focus on using simulations to spark action on climate change? We are struck by the power of interactive simulations to help us see the long term, system-wide implications of our …
New Slides Tell Our “Open Source” Climate Sim Story!
Click here or on the image to the left to view a slide show detailing our Climate Interactive efforts and how you can partner with us to use interactive, accessible climate simulations to help …
Innovative Partnership Launches Freeware Online Climate Simulation
A new partnership of companies and NGOs committed to open source climate simulations has launched a freeware climate decision support tool. Check it out here -- click on the big "C-Learn" …
Bonn – Are Developing Countries Asking For the Wrong Thing?
Today's post comes from Climate Interactive partner and lead modeler on the C-ROADS simulation, Tom Fiddaman of Ventana Systems. It was originally posted on his excellent "MetaSD" blog. From the …
“We Want To Do Whatever We Can”
If the governments of the largest GHG emitting nations had the vision and the mandate of the low-lying Indian Ocean nation, The Maldives, we'd be already be aiming towards a different world. The …
Only The Most Ambitious Emissions Reductions Under Discussion Within the UNFCCC Come Close To Achieving Climate Goals
The diplomats at this week's UNFCCC meeting in Bonn will need to aim towards the most ambitious proposals offered so far within the UNFCCC process if they want a global agreement later this year …
Sterman and Corell Share C-ROADS Results and Slides
Dr. John Sterman of MIT and Dr. Bob Corell of the Heinz Center presented the C-ROADS simulator and its latest findings on the state of the "global deal" leading up to COP-15, in an event hosted by the …
Climate Wire Covers “Lightning-Quick” C-ROADS Simulation
Lauren Morello, reporter for Climate Wire, covered C-ROADS this morning! SCIENCE: Lawmakers to test new, lightning-quick climate model (Monday, March 16, 2009) Lauren Morello, E&E reporter In …
We Aren’t On Track But We Could Be: CAI Presentation in Copenhagen
In a session on "Enabling Long Term Climate Policy" at the IARU Climate Conference in Copenhagen yesterday, I presented on behalf of the Climate Action Initiative, the team that has formed to use …
Role-Playing a Path to Climate Stabilization
It was a big week for the Copenhagen Climate Exercise (now World Climate), the role-playing mock-UN policy exercise created here at Sustainability Institute and by John Sterman at MIT where people …