“Anyone who thinks that there is not a dramatic change in weather patterns is denying reality. We have a new reality, and old infrastructures and old systems.” So stated New York Governor Cuomo in …
Mothers Talk Climate Using Climate Bathtub Analogy
In the Boston area, as in other places, parents are coming together to discuss how they can address climate change and discuss the issue with their children in a constructive way. University of …
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 …
MIT Professor: We Ended the Slave Trade, We Can End Fossil Fuel Use
In this interview Climate Interactive team member and MIT Professor John Sterman describes how slavery was once an integral source of energy for our society and yet we realized how wrong it was and …
Two Myths: Let’s Level off Emissions & Reverse Climate Change
Suggesting that we can reverse climate change or that it'll be okay because we're leveling off emissions is thinking that doesn't reflect the real dynamics of our world. CO2 lasts in the atmosphere …
Students Showcase our Interactive Climate Tools to Enthusiastic Crowds
At the recent American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual conference in Boston, thousands got the opportunity to see a demonstration of some of our latest tools and some new …
March 12th: Climate Interactive at Oxford discussing future energy scenarios
Climate Interactive Co-Directors Beth Sawin and Drew Jones will be giving an interactive presentation tomorrow, March 12th, at Oxford Universtiy's Saïd Business School on our global energy model …
The Youth Voice in the Climate Fight
"As youth, we don’t have a voice in this fight. In the sense that, like, there’s no way that I can climb the government ladder and end up in a position of enough political power to save myself now. …
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 …
8 Simulations That Could Chart Paths to Climate Health
Check out this selection of eight simulations that show us pathways to addressing climate change at different scales. In a world of interacting parts, where one things lead to another, which leads …
Carbon Dioxide Will Persist in the Atmosphere Long After Current Decision Makers Have Left Their Roles: On Ethical Grounds, Young People Should Have a Say
Even if today's college students live to be 100 years old, more than half of the CO2 released into the atmosphere during the four years they are in college will still be present there at the end of …