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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
New study released: Creating electricity with wood instead of coal worsens climate change
Displacing coal with wood for power generation will worsen climate change say MIT, UMass Lowell and Climate Interactive researchers New research challenges European Union policy that wood bioenergy is carbon neutral Cambridge, Mass., January 16, 2018 – Wood is increasingly being used to replace coal as a source of electricity generation in […]
Join the Creative Learning Exchange for World Climate @DynamiQueST
On March 16, the Creative Learning Exchange is hosting a World Climate Simulation at the DynamiQueST event at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Each year, DynamiQueST showcases the use of systems thinking and system dynamics tools in K-12 education. Last year, the World Climate Simulation made the event accessible to those who have not had […]
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 […]
Future Sustainability Leaders negotiate Climate Change in St. Gallen, Switzerland
By Kathrin Zirn, Reutlingen University On 9 October 2017, a World Climate workshop was held as part of a student-driven Responsible Leadership Seminar of Oikos International in St. Gallen, Switzerland. The facilitator, was Kathrin Zirn, an International Business student from Reutlingen University, who had previously participated in World Climate simulations as part of her System Dynamics class […]
Climate Interactive’s John Sterman Elected 2017 AAAS Fellow
By Shanna Edberg and Andrew Jones Climate Interactive partner and MIT professor John Sterman was elected as a 2017 fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). AAAS fellows are elected by their peers as recognition of their “meritorious efforts to advance science or its applications.” John was recognized for his “distinguished […]
“You Fix the Climate” – Behind the New York Times Opinion Piece
The new interactive tool in the New York Times, “You Fix It: Can You Stay Within the World‘s Carbon Budget?” gives you the power to explore over 8,000 scenarios for addressing climate change. For many, experimenting with the opinion piece can be a challenging experience. We recommend that you watch this video or read this post on […]
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 […]