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 […]
Introducing Simulated Learning to the Permaculture Community in West Africa
By Kwame Ansah Baffour (Lecturer and Deputy Programs Manager, KITA; National Coordinator, Global Ecovillage Network-Ghana) Since attending the World Climate Simulation and Training event in July 2016 in Accra, Ghana, I was inspired to organize World Climate events within the networks of people that I work with. My third World Climate event was organized on […]
Insights from the World Climate Simulation – A Story of Change from Nigeria
Queen Esther Egbe, from Susty Vibes participated in our World Climate Simulation in Lagos last month and has written a blogpost which captures some of her lessons about the impact of simulations on people’s intent to take action. Some highlights from Queen’s blogpost are: The understanding that climate change is still abstract to many people. Here at Climate Interactive, […]
A Development Communication Expert Falls in Love with World Climate
Two weeks ago, Sampson Adotey organized his first World Climate Simulation Event with undergraduate students at the University of Ghana in Accra. Below is a short interview about what it took for Sampson to organize such event: About Sampson Adotey My name is Sampson Adotey Jr. from Ghana. I’m an Advocacy and Communication Associate in […]
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 […]