EN ROADs: A Climate Simulation Game

Desciption

The Climate Action Simulation is a highly interactive, role-playing game for groups to explore the different stakeholders and solutions that need to come together to take action on climate change. It is framed by the En-ROADS simulator, which allows participants to rapidly assess the impacts of different solutions to climate change—like energy supply subsidies, energy efficiency, or land use changes. The game is conducted as a simulated emergency climate summit organized by the United Nations to establish a concrete plan to limit global warming by bringing together government, business, and civil society representatives. This game is a fun format for large groups to explore climate change solutions and see what it would really take to address this global challenge. The Climate Action Simulation was co-developed by Climate Interactive, the MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative, and the UMass Lowell Climate Change Initiative.

The Climate Action Simulation game is a role-playing game premised on a fictitious climate summit organized by the United Nations Secretary-General to urgently address climate change. The game is run by a trained facilitator acting as the UN Secretary-General who has convened the summit, and who leads participants throughout the experience. Participants are divided into influential stakeholder groups who have convened at the summit, and their directive is to work together to create a plan to limit global warming to well below 2°C and aim for 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the international goals formally recognized in the Paris climate agreement.

For further information please refer to: https://www.climateinteractive.org/en-roads/