At the end of August, Vermont was hit by catastrophic flooding as result of Hurricane Irene, which dumped six inches of rain on already saturated hillsides around the state. On Saturday, I (Beth …
The Importance of the Next Five and 10 Years – Climate Simulations Convey What the Author of the Widely Known Stern Report Considers the ‘Great Challenge’ of Climate Communication
Nicholas Stern, when asked in a recent interview by the MIT Technology Review, about the sense of urgency he was trying to convey in the Stern Review, published five years ago this fall, had this to …
Drew Jones Presents C-ROADS Lessons at EPA Climate Impact Simulation Conference
Last month, Drew Jones presented at the EPA's "Integrated Modeling to Characterize Climate Change Impacts and Support Decision Making" conference in Atlanta, GA. In the video above, he discusses the …
John Sterman on C-ROADS Impacts in the World — at System Dynamics Conference in Korea
Check out the video below of Dr. John Sterman's presentation of "The Road from Copenhagen: Supporting International Climate Negotiations with the C-ROADS Simulation" for the International Conference …
CI’s Drew Jones to Present at EPA Conference on Climate Impacts Modeling in Atlanta
We're excited to be part of a very interesting EPA workshop in Atlanta next month organized by some dear colleagues (Mahri Monson, Mike Hiscock and team) -- it's a gathering of professionals dedicated …
Leaders for a New Climate Workshop Engages and Empowers
Last week, Climate Interactive and Seed Systems held the first Leaders for a New Climate workshop at the MIT Sloan School School of Management in Cambridge, MA. This three-day workshop combined …
Announcing Public Workshop — Leaders for a New Climate: Systems Thinking and the C-ROADS Simulation
Leaders for a New Climate: Systems Thinking and the C-ROADS Simulation Oct 19-21, 2010, Boston Mass. USA Climate Interactive and SEED Systems are offering a powerful three-day workshop for innovative …
Growth in Clean Energy Will Drive Itself Once We Get it Rolling, Says Systems Thinking Analysis from MIT
Good "systems thinking" news on clean energy from some rocking smart MBAs from Sloan/MIT, in this guest post by Trae Wallace and Christina Ingersoll. Check out their PPT presentation that tells the …
“Carbon Bathtub” Metaphor Gets More and More Coverage
The climate change bathtub metaphor appears in Neil Wagner's "What on Earth?" cartoon. This way to look at the climate change challenge emerged from research by Dr. John Sterman and Linda Booth …
Fiddaman to Lead Climate Modeling Course
Dr. Tom Fiddaman of Ventana Systems, in my opinion the top system dynamics modeler of climate change science and policy, will be leading a public training course next month in New Mexico, USA. As …
For Climate Solutions: Think Civil Rights Movement, Not Manhattan Project
The solution to climate change will look much more like the civil rights movement than the Manhattan Project, says MIT's John Sterman in his the keynote address at last week's IBM Almaden Institute …
Top Eleven Extensions of the C-ROADS Climate Simulation
Since 2006, Sustainability Institute’s climate efforts -- Climate Interactive and Our Climate Ourselves – operating along side our work with international policymakers, has achieved significant …