In response to the needs of our users, Climate Interactive has updated the C-ROADS climate policy testing software with a suite of new features and analytic abilities. In this one-hour webinar, three model developers and analysts from the Climate Interactive team will introduce the new features, from new output windows, to sensitivity testing, to more […]
To Avoid Expensive and Disruptive Rates of Emissions Reduction In Coming Decades Parties Must Increase the Ambition of 2020 Pledges Today
To see a reposting on Joe Romm’s Climate Progress blog, click here. And a corroborating report by ClimateWorks Foundation here plus another by Climate Analytics here. Postponing commitment to ambitious targets until after 2020 would commit countries to rates of CO2 emissions reductions in decades beyond 2020 that exceed those typically seen in the current generation […]
MIT Sloan’s Sterman Breaks Through the Climate Communications Challenge
We’re excited that MIT News is covering a new paper by our Climate Interactive consortium member John Sterman of MIT Sloan. Simulations can make a difference! From David L. Chandler, MIT News Office, October 27, 2011 (click here for original article): How to get the message across on climate change For many scientists working in […]
Climate CoLab’s 2011 contest
We’re pleased to announce the latest contest to be offered by MIT’s Climate CoLab. This project by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Collective Intelligence (MIT CCI) incorporates Climate Interactive’s C-ROADS model into a forum where people can test proposals and discuss ways to address climate change. Click here for details on the contest […]
“World Climate” Game Sparks Simulation-Based Learning at MIT
Professor John Sterman of the MIT Sloan School of Management led World Climate, the role playing exercise that uses C-ROADS, in a Sustainability Lab event at MIT. The pictures show students playing roles of various simulated parties to a mock-UN negotiation, including lobbyists and environmental activists. In the last image, the blue tarp simulates sea […]
John Sterman “A Banquet of Consequences” at 2010 Conference at MIT
Another great lecture by Dr. John Sterman of MIT’s Sloan School of Management, hosted by MIT’s System Design and Management Program. The video above is enhanced with slides from the presentation, and Part 2 is available here. To view the original video on MIT’s site, click here.
Partner John Sterman in Powerful Video — Red State Goes Green
Check out the following post from Climate Interactive partner Dr. John Sterman of MIT’s Sloan School. View a post here on Joe Romm’s Climate Progress blog. Start with “Amber Waves of Green,” directed by Randy Olson: And Dr. Sterman’s commentary: On May 4, 2007, Greensburg, Kansas, was destroyed by an F5 tornado. Almost every building in town was leveled. […]
Chinese Version of C-ROADS Climate Simulation in Development
We’re excited to be working with Chinese colleagues to develop a version of the C-ROADS simulation in Chinese and calibrating it to match the dynamics of China. A partnership with Tsinghua University as part of the MIT-Tsinghua-Cambridge Collaboration, along with support from a team of partners like Peter Senge, Rockefeller Brothers Fund and others, has […]
Leaders for a New Climate Workshop Engages and Empowers
Last week, Climate Interactive and Seed Systems held the first Leaders for a New Climate workshop at the MIT Sloan School School of Management in Cambridge, MA. This three-day workshop combined lessons in system dynamics and organizational learning, to empower diverse leaders to act effectively in these challenging and exciting times. The workshop opened with […]
MIT Sloan’s Prof. John Sterman Featured in Huffington Post
Good interview with David Schmittlein, the Dean of the MIT Sloan School of Management, by Rahim Kanani, including his description of the work of Climate Interactive partner Dr. John Sterman. Full interview is here. Let me give you a couple examples of MIT Sloan faculty who underlie those five themes. One is John Sterman. John […]