Guest blog post by Dr. Jemima Yakah Amoah This World Climate Simulation was facilitated by Dr. Mrs. Jemima Yakah Amoah, Lecturer, Agricultural Extension Department, University of Ghana. Email: jemimayakah@gmail.com. Introduction On Monday 16th of April, 2018, the Climate Change and Adaptation in Agricultural Development class held the first World Climate Simulation at the University of Ghana, Legon. […]
13 countries, one game – A call for Climate Action
By Carla Madueno Florian It was in November 2017 at the Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany when I first heard about the World Climate simulation. Amazed and convinced by the power of this tool recommended by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) for climate awareness, I decided to run the World Climate simulation with a […]
Play These Two Games for Climate Adaptation
In the past, we shared a range of games that enhance communication of climate change processes and risks. In this post, guest blogger Sarah Nobis at the Centre for Systems Solutions suggests two new climate-related games, the Climate Game and Flood Resilience Game, that help communicate climate adaptation. The Climate Game is an interactive online game designed to raise our […]
Tips on how to Customize World Climate for Different Audiences
Laura Tucker, from Jefferson County, Washington, shares her tips of facilitating World Climate with middle schoolers and adults in 2017. I was asked by the local Unitarian Church to offer a climate change class for their adult learning program. After watching an introductory video about C-ROADS, I thought World Climate would be the ideal way […]
World Climate Simulation with High School Students in Ghana
By Joshua Amponsem, WC Ambassador It was during our April World Climate Ambassadors call that I was motivated to organize a World Climate simulation (WC) for high school students in Ghana. To me, it is very essential that young people familiarize themselves with our changing climate and grow up with an ethical mindset to make […]
World Climate Simulation Spreads in South Korea Thanks to One Man
We welcome our newly appointed World Climate Ambassador, Dr. Chang Kwon (Benjamin) Chung who is also the President of the System Leadership Institute in Seoul, South Korea. Dr. Chung has worked effortlessly to integrate the World Climate Simulation into the teaching of environmental studies in K-12 education and reach out to Korean government agencies. Since 2014, he […]
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 playing group exercise of the UN climate negotiations that has served as an educational tool for students and CEOs alike. The game was recently updated to reflect President Trump’s […]
World Climate Simulation at a Business University in Kenya
By Joyce Muthoni Strathmore University, 28 October 2016 – Over 35 Strathmore University students gathered at the Strathmore Business School for the World Climate Simulation organized by the Strathmore Center for Sustainability Leadership and the Strathmore University Student Council in partnership with Climate Interactive. The event aimed at increasing interest in and mobilizing youth […]
World Climate as a Tool for Turkish Youth in Addressing Climate Change
By Ramazan Oğuz Tosun, World Climate Ambassador With two other members of the Change for Climate (C4C) project – Berina Kılıçarslan and Beyza Özel – I have had the chance to organize two stimulating World Climate events in Turkey. Indeed, our eco-political and social initiative, C4C Project, has made significant progress in only ten months. Our first […]
Tips for Running the World Climate Simulation for Large Groups
What do you do when you have more than 60 participants who want to play World Climate? I’ve run the game with 150 adults at a USAID conference, 415 high-school students in their gym, and 450 environment and development professionals at a meeting in Sweden. Here are my tips. Just do it. World Climate works well […]