Stefano Armenia, SYDIC – SYSTEM DYNAMICS ITALIAN CHAPTER, Patrizia Lombardi, Turin Polytechnic University, RUS President, Network of Universities for Sustainable Development , Stefano Stanghellini, URBIT President
The Climate Action Simulation event promotes ‘systemic’ education. It aims to develop a better awareness of these dynamics, leading to positions that are coherent with the reality of the phenomena and that can be transferred to climate negotiations. The event is a highly interactive role-playing game that simulates the dynamics of climate negotiations just as it happens in a COP session.
The role-play exercise uses the En-ROADS simulation model (developed by Climate Interactive) to engage a wide range of participants in exploring key technologies and policy solutions for dealing with global warming. The game is designed as a simulation of a real emergency climate summit organized by the United Nations, which brings together the various parts of the planet concerned by the problem (Climate Justice Hawks, Conventional Energy Representatives, Clean Tech Representatives, Land, Agriculture & Food, Industrial World representatives, World Governments) in order to negotiate a ‘concrete’ plan to limit warming, according to the rules set out in the objectives of the Paris Agreement. This simulation is an interactive and entertaining format: the various parties will form real groups that will be given precise negotiating objectives for limiting the global temperature of the planet. The session will be moderated by participants who are already familiar with the dynamics of the exercise. The moderators will explain the reasons that lead certain choices to generate certain impacts, and thus the biased interests behind the phenomena underlying climate change.
Participation in the Climate Action Simulation exercise improves participants’ knowledge of the actions needed to face climate change and increases both personal and emotional engagement with climate issues. It leaves participants with the feeling that humanity (and each of us) has the potential to effectively address climate change on a daily basis. Participation in the 2Climate Action Simulation” requires registration by 5 November.
PROGRAMMA
Introduction, motivations and expectations:
Patrizia Lombardi, Turin Polytechnic University, Rete delle Università per lo Sviluppo Sostenibile (Network of Universities for Sustainable Development) President
“Climate Action Simulation”
Led and moderated by:
Stefano Armenia, SYDIC – System Dynamics Italian Chapter
Stefania Migliavacca, SYDIC – System Dynamics Italian Chapter
Interactive session programme
Plenary Briefing
Distribution of participants into working groups
Debriefing session
Plenary debriefing session
Conclusions:
Stefano Caserini, GdL Climate Change of RUS Coordinator
Italiano
Contributions