In several interviews with prominent media outlets, Climate Interactive’s Andrew Jones and MIT’s Prof. John Sterman elaborated the potential effect of president-elect Trump pulling out of the Paris climate agreement. As Andrew Jones said, “Pulling out of the Paris agreement matters not just in leadership, but also in a direct impact on the climate.” Based […]
RELEASE: Our Analysis—US, Mexico, and Canada Set 2050 Climate Goals
U.S., Mexico, and Canada 2050 Climate Targets are on Track to Limit Warming to 2°C, if Rest of World Acts to Cut Emissions. Developing countries would need support to reach peak emissions 2025-2035 and then cut at least 3% per year thereafter. Today the U.S., Canada, and Mexico announced their 2050 greenhouse gas emissions […]
Climate Interactive in Marrakesh for COP22
Climate Interactive is heading to Marrakesh for the UN climate talks (COP22). The whole World Climate team will be there (Travis Franck, Ellie Johnston, Grace Mwaura and Juliette Bohland) along with Multisolving Coordinator Stephanie McCauley, Climate Interactive Co-Director Drew Jones, and Professor John Sterman. The two big issues we are following at COP22 are: […]
Power to change ourselves, not the CLIMATE
By Sarp Celebi, Ankara, Turkey Hi all who care for our climate! I am writing this post from Ankara, the capital of Turkey and the heart of Anatolia. Many of you, living in different parts of our delicate world, have seen a serious increase in climate anomalies due to climate change. Here in Ankara, it […]
Reflections from World Climate Facilitators and Participants
World Climate offers an opportunity to learn by experience. We share some quotes we have received from World Climate facilitators and participants around the world of what they have been able to learn, and how they have been inspired to take action on climate change. Narayan Solanke, facilitated a World Climate Simulation with his students in September, […]
Simulation Efforts in Africa Endorsed by the COP 22 Secretariat
We are delighted to announce that our efforts to build African capacity on climate change modeling and decision tools have been endorsed by the COP 22 Secretariat. Back in May, Climate Interactive launched a new partnership with the University of Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P) to expand climate change awareness across Africa. This effort has already […]
World Climate Simulation Sparks a Climate Solution Win
World Climate Ambassador, Eduardo Fracassi, and his team are winners of a MIT Climate Colab contest! Here’s their story, which began with the World Climate Simulation: In 2012, Fabian Szulanski, at that time director of ITBA’s System Dynamics Center, and I heard a keynote presentation by Professor Sterman of MIT and Climate Interactive. There Prof. […]
4 weeks, 4 countries, 7 World Climate Simulations
In May, Climate Interactive launched a new effort to elevate climate awareness across Africa ahead of COP22 with the University Mohammed VI Polytechnic. Since then, the World Climate Africa team has run seven World Climate simulations and trainings in Morocco, Kenya, Ethiopia and South Africa. More than 120 people from academia, the private sector and […]
New Partnership with Moroccan University to Elevate Climate Awareness
Climate Interactive has launched a new effort to expand climate change awareness across Africa in partnership with the new University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P) in Morocco. This new partnership includes two specific projects: 1. The World Climate Project Africa The World Climate Project Africa has been designed in partnership with UM6P and relies […]