If you're in Geneva, join us this Friday for a presentation on our project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. System dynamics modeling is one of the main innovations of our project in the …
Climate Interactive in Lima at COP 20
Climate Interactive is attending the UNFCCC’s twentieth Conference of the Parties (COP 20) in Lima, Peru. We look forward to meeting as many members of the Climate Interactive community as …
DRC Trip to See Multiple Displacement Firsthand
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is amazingly beautiful. Though torn by decades of war and violence, I understand why others have referred to the region as a 'land of plenty' -- good soil …
Pastoralist Simulator Helps Global Conversation on Drought-Induced Displacement
Climate Interactive was proud to participate in an important global meeting in Nairobi recently. The Nansen Initiative is an on-going international conversation on the situation of 'cross-border …
Building Theories on Community Resilience in Africa
If a small village is subject to an external shock like a drought, a war, or a flood, its residents will likely suffer material and/or human losses, but hopefully rebuild and thrive. If that same …
Data-mining in Kenya
“The data might just be in filing cabinets at each border crossing.” We always knew it was going to be tough to make a model of drought-induced population displacement in Kenya, and this comment in …
Climate Interactive on the Inaugural Speech
In reaction to Obama’s strong words on climate change in his inaugural address yesterday, Stephanie Pappas of LiveScience followed up yesterday's coverage of Obama and climate change with additional …
4 More Years: Obama and the Challenge of our Time
Today as crowds are gathered on the national mall and millions tune in to hear the President's second inaugural address, those of us knee-deep in climate science are wondering what role climate change …
C-ROADS Article Published in System Dynamics Review
The current edition of the journal System Dynamics Review, features an article by our team here at Climate Interactive on our simulation C-ROADS. With over 700 users worldwide and counting, C-ROADS …
New Project: Reducing Disaster Risk and Increasing Resilience of Kenyan Pastoralists
Climate Interactive is embarking on an exciting new project to understand and improve the long-term resilience of pastoralist communities in northeast Kenya. The Internal Displacement Monitoring …
Rio: More than Beaches and Diplomats
While the negotiations for Rio+20 progressed, Drew and Travis of Climate Interactive were sharing analysis and facilitating a group that is exploring pathways to break through the climate impasse at …
Climate Interactive Team Brings Powerful Simulations to Rio+20
Drew Jones, Travis Franck, and I will be in Rio de Janeiro in June to share Climate Interactive's tools on climate and energy. There, at the Rio+20 conference and parallel events, we will join …