VICE News Tonight ran a piece on HBO which featured MIT Sloan Professor John Sterman leading the World Climate roleplay game for executive MBA students. Two of our simulation models—C-ROADS and En-ROADS—are used to guide students on the impacts of their climate policy negotiations. The game, called the World Climate Simulation, puts participants into the […]
World Climate Simulation Grows in 2017
This year hundreds of World Climate Simulation events took place around the world, which enabled the UN climate negotiation role playing exercise to reach thousands more people. Facilitators organized simulation events in new countries including: Algeria, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Hungary, Liberia, Pakistan, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, and Somalia. World Climate Simulation by the numbers since 2015: 762 events 74 countries 35,000+ participants 218 events took place […]
It’s World Climate Week; It’s Your Turn to Negotiate!
This week (October 9-16), twelve countries will host 30 World Climate Simulations for World Climate Week. These simulations will enable participants to experience what it takes to negotiate a global climate deal to keep warming well below 2 degrees Celsius. The diversity of host institutions include universities, grassroots non-governmental organizations, and research institutions, among others. The feedback from our […]