World Climate, our UN climate negotiation role-playing exercise, has reached over 50,000 people since we started keeping record in 2015! These participants have attended more than 1,100 events in at least 85 countries. Remarkably, these events have been led by over 500 facilitators who range from university professors and youth activists to business leaders and […]
Is the Key to Sparking Climate Action a Game? New Research Suggests It Is, Even Across the Political Divide
81% of participants in a role play simulation increased motivation to combat climate change, regardless of political orientation Research published in PLOS ONE finds that 81% of participants in the World Climate Simulation, a role-playing game of the UN climate talks, showed increased motivation to combat climate change, even among Americans who are free market […]
Agritopia – the Latest Interactive Exercise from Climate Interactive
CI’s Agriculture Team, in cooperation with Rebecca Niles of ReThink Health, and our funders and partners at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, are proud to release our newest role-playing game. Agritopia is based on our Agriculture and Land Policy Simulator (ALPS). In the game, participants play the role of Ministers and other stakeholders in a fictional […]
Join Climate Interactive in Reykjavik
Travis Franck of the Agriculture team will be representing Climate Interactive at the 36th International Conference of the System Dynamics Society in Reykjavik, Iceland from August 6-10. Come talk to him about any of our programs: agriculture, multisolving, climate, or energy. Travis will be presenting a paper written with our partners at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in […]
How to Run the World Climate Simulation with Younger Children
The World Climate role-play simulation can work for kids as young as 7-8 years old. We’ve done it – and found that they love the drama of negotiating, the visual delight of graph lines changing in C-ROADS, and the solutions-oriented approach to learning about climate change. Here are some suggestions about how to adapt the […]
Building Systems Thinking Capacity in Africa
Climate Interactive’s Agriculture team recently held a successful workshop on systems thinking and system dynamics at the campus of our partner Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P). Over 30 participants – representing the University of Ghana and the private sector as well as students and faculty from UM6P – spent five days building models and participating […]
World Climate at the University of Ghana, Legon
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 […]