Guest post by Bob Aston, Project Officer at the Arid Lands Information Network (ALIN). He can be reached at baston@alin.net. The room was set up differently than it was before we went for lunch. A quick glance around showed that the section marked USA and European Union (EU) seemed lavishly set compared to the section marked Other Developing Nations. […]
World Climate Simulation Grows in Popularity Worldwide
World Climate, our UN climate negotiation role-playing exercise, has reached over 50,000 people since we started keeping record in 2015! These participants have attended more than 1,100 events in at least 85 countries. Remarkably, these events have been led by over 500 facilitators who range from university professors and youth activists to business leaders and […]
From MIT Sloan: This Tool Is Pushing People To take Action On Climate Change
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 […]
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 […]
Bringing the United Nations Climate Change Negotiations Home to Maine
This guest post was written by: Anna McGinn, Dr. Molly Schauffler, and Will Kochtitzky The annual United Nations meeting to negotiate on climate change (called the Conference of the Parties—COP) is a whirlwind experience which fills one to the brim with climate change information. It almost feels like you have been transported to an alternate earth […]
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. […]
First World Climate Simulation in Bhutan Yields Commitments
By Sunil Sapkota, COPInMyCity Asia Officer On 24th of March 2018, I along with 70 other participants, celebrated WWF’s Earth Hour Day with CliMates facilitating the first ever World Climate Simulation in Bhutan. We brought the UNFCCC Conference of Parties into our school, the College of Natural Resources, Lobesa, Punakha, Bhutan. We were supported and […]
13 countries, one game – A call for Climate Action
By Carla Madueno Florian It was in November 2017 at the Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany when I first heard about the World Climate simulation. Amazed and convinced by the power of this tool recommended by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) for climate awareness, I decided to run the World Climate simulation with a […]
Play These Two Games for Climate Adaptation
In the past, we shared a range of games that enhance communication of climate change processes and risks. In this post, guest blogger Sarah Nobis at the Centre for Systems Solutions suggests two new climate-related games, the Climate Game and Flood Resilience Game, that help communicate climate adaptation. The Climate Game is an interactive online game designed to raise our […]
Office for Climate Education is launched in France
By Laurent Richard, World Climate Ambassador and Director of Albedo Climat. French version here. On March 16th, the Office for Climate Education, OCE was officially launched in France with the main objectives of training and providing climate education resources to teachers of students aged 9-15 years. Climate Interactive tools are part of this effort. The organisation will […]