Originally posted on the UMass Lowell Climate Change Initiative website on January 21, 2020 by Dr. Juliette N. Rooney-Varga, re-posted with permission. A new study published in Simulation and …
Gaming carbon dioxide removal with young climate leaders
Blog post by Bindu Bhandari, Climate Interactive, and Viktor Jósa, CliMates Original post found here What does it really take to stay well below 2°C global temperature rise as agreed in the …
Negotiating for the Future at SimPlanet
On the last day of MIT Orientation Week, I found myself in a room with about 50 other new MIT students participating in an interactive climate policy game called “SimPlanet.” Over the course of four …
From MIT Sloan: This Tool Is Pushing People To take Action On Climate Change
Originally posted on the MIT Sloan School of Management Newsroom on October 11, 2018 by Meredith Somers, re-posted with permission. Research led by Professor Juliette Rooney-Varga of the UMass …
New York Times Op-Ed: Burning Wood is Worse than Coal for the Climate
Is replacing coal burning with biomass good for climate change, or does it actually create more emissions? Climate Interactive and MIT's John Sterman and a team of scientists from Duke, Oregon State, …
New study released: Creating electricity with wood instead of coal worsens climate change
Displacing coal with wood for power generation will worsen climate change say MIT, UMass Lowell and Climate Interactive researchers New research challenges European Union policy …
Climate Interactive’s John Sterman Elected 2017 AAAS Fellow
By Shanna Edberg and Andrew Jones Climate Interactive partner and MIT professor John Sterman was elected as a 2017 fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). AAAS …
German High Schools to Learn about Climate Change using World Climate Tools
We are inspired by the tireless efforts of our World Climate Ambassador, Florian Kapmeier, to ensure that World Climate becomes one of the tools for teaching climate change in high schools in Germany. …
New MIT Course Features World Climate
A new undergraduate course at MIT, one of the core courses for the newly created Environment & Sustainability minor, will feature the World Climate Simulation. The course, called People and the …
“You Fix the Climate” – Behind the New York Times Opinion Piece
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 …
Public Radio Highlights the Power of Climate Simulations
Earlier this week, NPR's Heather Goldstone interviewed Climate Interactive partner and MIT Sloan professor John Sterman. The interview discusses Climate Interactive's World Climate Simulation, a role …
What Hope Means: A Podcast and a Webinar from MIT’s John Sterman
This week, MIT released a podcast featuring Climate Interactive member and MIT professor Dr. John Sterman. The podcast, a part of MIT Sloan School's "Data Made to Matter" series, discusses how Climate …