2023 Year in Review — Highlights and inspiration for the use of our climate simulators
By
Clara Iglesias
February 9, 2024
We’re thrilled to share some highlights of how Climate Interactive’s tools have catalyzed effective climate action worldwide in the past year. Here are the numbers at a glance:
People like you have used our tools to drive real change
In 2023, despite facing tough climate challenges like record-breaking temperatures and daunting climate impacts that seemed to overshadow progress, our community stayed committed to making a difference. More than 110 new leaders joined our En-ROADS Climate Ambassador community in 2023, after going through the extensive Mastering En-ROADS course and engaging audiences around the world.
We continued enhancing our tools for policy-relevant discussions
Our team—thanks to the support of various donors—developed and released over a dozen new features and more than 35 new graphs in our climate simulators to help users measure and visualize the impact of proposed climate solutions related to bioenergy, deforestation, food waste, electric vehicles, and much more. These enhancements helped to increase our En-ROADS user audience by more than 20% from 2022, reaching more than 240,000 users worldwide.
Established climate and sustainability goals, and evaluated climate risks and policies with
En-ROADS in business and government
Among the 8500+ leaders from government, businesses, NGOs, and academia who have engaged in one of our simulation experiences, we share a few notable events from 2023:
In Minnesota, Democrats and Republicans convened by the U.S. Representative Dean Phillips, used the En-ROADS simulator for data-driven discussions about climate solutions, focusing on the impact of land use, energy consumption, and transportation.
Over 800 clients of a leading European utility, ranging from mayors and city councils to C-suite executives of municipal energy providers, along with their Minister of the Interior, engaged with En-ROADS at an event led by Florian Kapmeier. This led to the integration of carbon pricing considerations into government policy discussions at both the local and federal level.
Memosh Khawaja facilitated an En-ROADS Climate Workshop with a Board of Directors in Pakistan.
Michele Geraci (former Under Secretary of State, Ministry of Economic Development, Italy) running a workshop at the Hurun Global CEO Conference in Shanghai. “The simulation model has, as usual, raised lots of curiosity amongst attendees,” he said. In the audience were nearly 200 CEOs and managers of Chinese companies and foreign companies operating in China.
Polina Dikova facilitated an En-ROADS Climate Workshop at the New Zero Economy Forum in Bulgaria.
Climate simulation workshops, role-playing games, and assignments have been used with thousands of
students worldwide
Over 22,800 students have participated in our simulation events, led by hundreds of facilitators worldwide.
In South Korea, 300 students at Purun Middle School participated in World Climate Simulations spanning 4 days. The media wrote about how these students engaged in discussions and negotiations for climate action, and we shared photos and details of the event on LinkedIn.
In Chubut, Argentina, primary and secondary school teachers participated in a course that incorporated the use of the En-ROADS simulator. Spearheaded by the Patagonia Natural Foundation and Genneia, and led by En-ROADS Climate Ambassador Martín Haupt and other experts, this initiative followed a train-the-trainers model. Educators acquired new knowledge and skills, and facilitated En-ROADS sessions with their own students, replicating and amplifying the impacts of the program. The course was accredited by the Ministry of Education for educator continuing professional development in order to equip participants with the knowledge and tools to teach climate change to thousands of students.
Waqas Idrees facilitated a Climate Action Simulation game for students in Islamabad, Pakistan for the COP In My City 2023 event. The event brought awareness to the climate change negotiations.
Community organizations, academics, and beyond
In 2023, events were also held at research organizations, museums, libraries, and more.
Roberto Bonino facilitated a Climate Action Simulation for a group of 100 agriculture researchers from Africa and Europe as part of the OnePlanet Fellowship Program by the Agropolis Foundation.
Part of the Climate Interactive team was on the ground in Dubai and used our En-ROADS simulator to add
to the many scientific voices establishing that a phase-out of fossil fuels is essential to achieving
the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement. Read more about it in the “COP28: Nations Agree it’s Time
to Transition Away From Fossil Fuels” blog post.
Is your story missing?
If you have facilitated an event with one of our simulators and you haven’t told us about it yet, please
fill out our event registration form, and tell us how your engagements with decision-makers
with En-ROADS influenced corporate strategy, investment, philanthropy, or government policy changes.
You can also send us pictures at multimedia@climateinteractive.org.
Would you like to host one of these events with your team at your organization?
