Originally posted on the MIT Sloan School of Management Newsroom on October 11, 2018 by Meredith Somers, re-posted with permission. Research led by Professor Juliette Rooney-Varga of the UMass Lowell Climate Change Initiative, Professor John Sterman of MIT Sloan. Other authors include Eduardo Fracassi, Travis Franck, Florian Kapmeier, Victoria Kurker, Ellie Johnston, Drew Jones, and […]
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 […]
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. […]
World Climate Prepares Climate Change Ambassadors at Strathmore, Kenya
By Olive Mumbo, Strathmore University student & SDSN Youth Campus Coordinator The World Climate Simulation Exercise November 10, 2017 – Through the conjoined efforts of the Strathmore Business School, Climate Interactive and the Sustainable Development Solutions Network – Youth, thirty-three students participated in the second World Climate Simulation organized by the University’s […]
Milestone: Forestry and Soil Carbon and the Agriculture and Land Policy Simulator
Climate Interactive, working with our partners at University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P) in Morocco, has completed the second major model release for our Climate Smart Agriculture in Africa project. Now titled the Agriculture and Land Policy Simulator (ALPS), it builds upon the versions introduced this spring and last fall. This system dynamics decision support tool helps policymakers see what […]
Milestone: Land Use in the Climate and Agriculture Model
Climate Interactive, working with our partners at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) in Morocco, has completed the first major version of our Climate and Agriculture Policy Simulator. Building on the demonstration version discussed last fall, this system dynamics decision support tool helps policymakers see what could work in agriculture. Increasing the agricultural production in Africa […]
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 […]
C-ROADS World Climate Now Online
Test Climate Policies in your Browser Today we are pleased to announce a web-based version of C-ROADS World Climate. Climate Interactive has a goal to make accessible computer simulators available to all – so that everyone can do analysis and learn for themselves key insights on climate change issues. In October we had a major […]
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 […]