Reposted from Thomson Reuters Foundation Amid a triple crisis, a 'multisolving' response can mitigate the effects of the pandemic, inequity and climate change all at once Everywhere you look, …
Why We Can’t Ignore the Link Between COVID-19, Climate Change and Inequity
Written by Dr.Elizabeth Sawin, originally published by US News and World Report on April 1, 2020 Today we face three massive threats, and the only way to neutralize any one of them is to succeed …
Coherence: A Plenary Reflection about Systems Thinking
Originally published on the Confluence Philanthropy website on March 17, 2020 by Dr. Elizabeth Sawin, re-posted with permission. Slides from the presentation can be found here. Coherence is …
Covid-19 Sucks. But It Could Teach Us How to Avoid the Worst Consequences of Climate Change.
Cross posted on Resilience.org with permission. A devastating problem crops up. Not any old problem, but one that grows exponentially. We can cope with this problem, to some extent, …
Want to tackle climate change but don’t know where to start? There’s a game for that
Originally posted on the UMass Lowell Climate Change Initiative website on January 21, 2020 by Dr. Juliette N. Rooney-Varga, re-posted with permission. A new study published in Simulation and …
Negotiating for the Future at SimPlanet
On the last day of MIT Orientation Week, I found myself in a room with about 50 other new MIT students participating in an interactive climate policy game called “SimPlanet.” Over the course of four …
Gaming carbon dioxide removal with young climate leaders
Blog post by Bindu Bhandari, Climate Interactive, and Viktor Jósa, CliMates Original post found here What does it really take to stay well below 2°C global temperature rise as agreed in the …
Climate Interactive Plays “Green Drinks” in Asheville
"And now everyone lift their watermelon over their head...!" Click above for recent presentation of results from our C-ROADS simulation in Asheville North Carolina, home of NCDC -- the country's …
World’s Countries Ratify Global Climate Deal! in a Dartmouth simulation at least…
Professor David Peart and Dr. Lori Siegel led a powerful learning experience for Dartmouth College students using the C-ROADS simulator as part of the Copenhagen Climate Exercise (now World …
Climate Interactive and our simulations align with plea of UN Panel
“Measures should be taken to strengthen the interface between policymaking and science in order to facilitate informed political decision-making on sustainable development issues.” So reads one of …
Partner John Sterman in Powerful Video — Red State Goes Green
Check out the following post from Climate Interactive partner Dr. John Sterman of MIT's Sloan School. View a post here on Joe Romm's Climate Progress blog. Start with “Amber Waves of Green,” directed …
Donella Meadows Leadership Fellowship Accepting Applications
We are now accepting applications for the 2009-2010 Donella Meadows Leadership Fellowship here at Sustainability Institute. The program honors and builds on the legacy of our organization's founder …