{"id":1737,"date":"2018-03-10T16:08:21","date_gmt":"2018-03-10T16:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalchangeecology.com\/?p=1737"},"modified":"2018-06-25T14:49:54","modified_gmt":"2018-06-25T14:49:54","slug":"world-climate-simulation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalchangeecology.com\/2018\/03\/10\/world-climate-simulation\/","title":{"rendered":"13 countries, one game \u2013 A call for Climate Action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was in November 2017 at the Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany when I first heard about the <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climateinteractive.org\/programs\/world-climate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Climate simulation<\/a><\/b>. Amazed and convinced by the power of this \u00a0tool recommended by the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) for <strong><span style=\"color: #333399;\">climate awareness<\/span><\/strong>, I decided to run the World Climate simulation with a community of graduate students in Germany last February. This article deals with the outcome of the workshop which was to raise climate awareness in participants in order to familiarize themselves with the Paris Agreement goals.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1737 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon '>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/globalchangeecology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/globalchangeecology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/wc-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>1. What is the World Climate Simulation?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Developed by the think tank Climate Interactive, in partnership with the MIT School of Management and the University of Massachusetts Lowell, the World Climate simulation is a<strong> simplified UN negotiation.<\/strong> The model uses C-ROADS \u2013 a climate policy software \u2013 where agreed climate policies are entered and climate patterns get projected until the end of the century. Having had so far an astonishing success, this simulation has been carried out since 2008 over 800 times with over 38000 participants worldwide.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><i>\u201cEducation is our strongest weapon to fight Climate Change\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When I first heard about World Climate, I was captured by the convincing arguments &#8211; such as the one above &#8211; shared during the Education Side Events at COP23 in Bonn. Motivated by the positive impacts this simulation has had and as a Global Change Ecology Master student, I decided to share with young future Latin American leaders this learning experience as well.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>2. Game participants: Latin American young graduates<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With the support of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaad.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KAAD<\/a> (Catholic Academic Exchange Service) and as part of the Latin American Seminar for scholarship holders held from 2nd-4th February 2018, the World Climate simulation was carried out with <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><b>32 participants from 13 different countries.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The weekend-long seminar offered cross-sectorial training for Latin Americans studying in Germany. The seminar focused on the topic <em>\u201cEl Buen Vivir\u201d<\/em> or <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong><em>\u201cgood living\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/span>, an alternative development concept that gathers South American indigenous wisdom to deliver sustainable answers to current social and environmental challenges.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Within this framework, the World Climate simulation aimed to put participants in the spotlight and give them the responsibility to take political decisions that affect mankind\u2019s and nature\u2019s future with the goal of achieving the good common life.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>3. Let the game start<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>32 graduate students from 13 different nationaliti<\/strong><strong>es<\/strong><\/span> were divided for the World Climate Simulation into 6 regional groups to represent China, India, European Union, USA, Other developed countries and Other developing countries. The simulation was carried out in the following way: As a facilitator I welcomed participants, introduced them to the <a href=\"https:\/\/croadsworldclimate.climateinteractive.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">C-ROADS model<\/a> and World Climate simulation. I also made participants aware of the <b>realistic<\/b> (scientific facts and emotions) and <b>unrealistic<\/b> (simulated negotiation) elements of the simulation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <b>simulation <\/b>started when I (as facilitator) adopted the role of Patricia Espinosa (UNFCCC) and participants adopted their respective roles as nation\u2019s delegates.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-1737 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalchangeecology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC_0117.jpg\" title=\"DSC_0117\" data-description=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/globalchangeecology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC_0117-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-1746\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-1746'>\n\t\t\t\tUSA delegates\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalchangeecology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC_0127.jpg\" title=\"DSC_0127\" data-description=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/globalchangeecology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC_0127-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-1747\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-1747'>\n\t\t\t\tEuropean Union delegates\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalchangeecology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC_0168.jpg\" title=\"DSC_0168\" data-description=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/globalchangeecology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC_0168-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-1745\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-1745'>\n\t\t\t\tChina delegates\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalchangeecology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC_0160.jpg\" title=\"DSC_0160\" data-description=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/globalchangeecology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC_0160-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-1748\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-1748'>\n\t\t\t\tNegotiating delegates\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalchangeecology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC_0111.jpg\" title=\"DSC_0111\" data-description=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/globalchangeecology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC_0111-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-1743\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-1743'>\n\t\t\t\tFacilitator\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalchangeecology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC_0172.2.jpg\" title=\"DSC_0172.2\" data-description=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/globalchangeecology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC_0172.2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-1744\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-1744'>\n\t\t\t\tDeveloping countries delegates\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Photos courtesy of: Yasuo Matsuzaki<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Overall, the workshop took about 2.5 hours. Key scientific facts about the Climate Change problematic were introduced first with a slide presentation and handouts to participants (materials available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climateinteractive.org\/programs\/world-climate\/instructor-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There were <strong>two negotiation rounds<\/strong>, each of 20 minutes, after which proposals by delegates were collected on a flipchart and then entered in the C-ROADS software. In the first round the negotiations led to a projected temperature by the year 2100 of about 3.1\u00b0C, after the second round, negotiations improved the climate outlook with a <em>2.9\u00b0C temperature increase, thus <b>not<\/b> meeting the expected Paris agreement goals.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1738\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1738\" style=\"width: 1835px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1738 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/globalchangeecology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WorldClimate-Results2.jpg\" alt=\"WorldClimate Results2\" width=\"1835\" height=\"927\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalchangeecology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WorldClimate-Results2.jpg 1835w, https:\/\/globalchangeecology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WorldClimate-Results2-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/globalchangeecology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WorldClimate-Results2-768x388.jpg 768w, https:\/\/globalchangeecology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/WorldClimate-Results2-1024x517.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1835px) 100vw, 1835px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1738\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Simulation results: Latin American graduate students decided for a 2.9\u00b0C warmer world, \u00a0February 3rd, 2018 (Source: Carla Madue\u00f1o)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After the negotiations the role-play session concluded. Participants gathered in a circle to give their impressions of the session.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>A 2.9\u00b0C warmer world, can we do better?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <b>impressions of the session <\/b>focused on three key questions: (1) How did you feel during the simulation? Weak or powerful? (2) What were your most important learnings? (3) How do you think we could achieve the ambitious climate action?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Participants highlighted the powerful impact the simulation has left on them, as they experienced directly the need for more ambitious political and civil society initiatives. Participants also brainstormed on solutions from their own professional backgrounds, starting with sustainable consumption, trade and markets, education for sustainability and legal and fiscal mechanisms so implement political action.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><i>There is space for improvements<\/i><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here I list some aspects for further improvements when running the World Climate simulation<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.climateinteractive.org\/programs\/world-climate\/instructor-resources\/briefing-materials\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Briefing statements<\/a> could contain more concrete economic facts for region delegates to negotiate better. Sending reading material in advance may also help.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Having \u201cdeveloping countries\u201d delegates sitting on the floor to metaphorically refer to unbalanced geopolitical relations may not be the best call. Ask in advance, as participants may take this personally. Alternatively find milder ways of representing power relations in the simulation.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Adapt examples of climate change impacts to your audience backgrund. I used Latin American cases, to engage Latin American audience with <i>at-home <\/i>ongoing issues.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Emotions were key, audience became aware, goal was achieved<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As an individual aiming to spread the word for <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>climate action<\/strong><\/span> outside the scientific circles, the opportunity to run the World Climate simulation with a very diverse audience was deeply motivating, empowering and touching.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_media-38\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-media-38\" style=\"width: 6016px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1739\" src=\"https:\/\/globalchangeecology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC_0184.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0184.JPG\" width=\"6016\" height=\"4000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalchangeecology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC_0184.jpg 6016w, https:\/\/globalchangeecology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC_0184-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/globalchangeecology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC_0184-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/globalchangeecology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/DSC_0184-1024x681.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 6016px) 100vw, 6016px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-media-38\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Participants share personal impressions after the simulation. Photo by: Yasuo Matsuzaki<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It was truly fantastic to see how, regardless of the professional background, participants would engage and discuss the urgent need to limit global warming by the end of the century in our <em>small simulated world<\/em> that day.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Professionals from different fields such as international business, history, medicine, law and even philosophy would leave their \u201ccomfort zones\u201d for two hours and experiment in the roles of politicians and advocates to decide for what is good for one or for all nations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Personally speaking, it was touching to see how the message of <span style=\"color: #333399;\"><strong>climate action<\/strong> <\/span>can and must spread outside the barriers of natural science. I closed that day\u2019s World Climate session by reminding the participants that having a more powerful role in society was in fact not needed, as our position as organized and aware citizens in society is in fact powerful enough.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The World Climate simulation is a strong tool that beyond a climate action narrative, sends out a message of strength and empowerment, especially important for youth leaders from the global south.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Within the framework of the <i>good common life<\/i> or \u201cBuen vivir\u201d, the lesson learnt as professionals, regardless of the role or position we may have, is that we shall never forget that <span style=\"color: #008000;\"><b>life<\/b> <b>on this planet<\/b><\/span> is our highest responsibility and main goal. That is what Climate Action stands for.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Special thanks<\/b><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The World Climate simulation was possible thanks to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaad.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KAAD<\/a> Catholic Exchange Service support and thanks to the facilitator advices provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/eduardo-fracassi-b2707a4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eduardo Fracassi<\/a> (ITBA Instituto Tecnologico de Buenos Aires, Argentina).<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">References<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>World Climate simulation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climateinteractive.org\/programs\/world-climate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Facilitator Resources and Materials <a href=\"https:\/\/www.climateinteractive.org\/programs\/world-climate\/instructor-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">To play around: <a href=\"https:\/\/croadsworldclimate.climateinteractive.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">C-ROADS online<\/a><\/li>\n<li>KAAD press release <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kaad.de\/2018\/02\/09\/buen-vivir-grundlage-eines-alternativen-entwicklungskonzepts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A powerful and emotional learning experience, the World Climate simulation was run with Latin American students to call for climate action. 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