Becoming an effective facilitator of the World Climate Simulation takes some training. With the resources below, you’ll be able to learn about the World Climate Simulation, the C-ROADS simulator, and facilitation techniques. There are many others around the world, like you, who have taken these steps too – welcome to the community!
STEP 1: View a Training Webinar
View or join our World Climate training webinar, which provides an overview of the World Climate Simulation, how to facilitate an event, a demo of the C-ROADS model, and additional resources available to you.
STEP 2: Review the Guide & Explore Other Facilitator Materials
Read through our facilitator guide to develop a deeper understanding of the World Climate Simulation gameplay and how to lead an event. Then, explore the additional materials we offer for facilitators.
STEP 3: Explore the C-ROADS Model
Familiarize yourself with C-ROADS, the simulation model that accompanies the World Climate Simulation.
STEP 4: Watch Our Videos
To gain a better understanding of what a World Climate Simulation looks like in practice, review these videos of live sessions and training videos.
STEP 5: Additional Readings
Check out these resources to improve your understanding on systems thinking, climate science, and other topics to complement your
facilitation training.
Systems Thinking and Climate Action
• The Climate Leader course — our series of videos about applying systems thinking to climate
action
• “Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System”
by Donella Meadows – an essay on the areas of a system where there is the most impact.
• “The Power of Multisolving for People and Climate” — TEDx talk by Dr. Elizabeth Sawin
Climate Change Science
• IPCC AR5 Summary— a condensed, over-arching
summary of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) for Policymakers
• IPCC Special Report
— a summary for Policymakers on the impacts associated specifically with global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels
• Executive Summary of the US National Climate Assessment (for US audiences) — an in-depth report on the present and future impacts of climate change in
the United States
• Climate Interactive’s Climate Scoreboard — shows the progress that the national
plans submitted to the UN climate negotiations will make in mitigating climate change
• Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) — a general background on carbon capture and sequestration technologies
• Carbon Removal — a general background on carbon removal technologies
Climate Change Communication
• Yale’s Program on Climate Change Communication — explore their
research to better understand how climate communication relates to attitude and behavioral changes
• Skeptical Science’s “cheat sheet” — how to talk to climate deniers and combat climate change myths
Read Our Published Papers on World Climate
• WORLD CLIMATE: A Role-Play Simulation of Climate Negotiations — a published view on our role-playing, climate negotiations game, the World Climate Simulation
• Combining role-play with interactive simulation to motivate informed climate action: Evidence from the World Climate simulation — a publication exploring our approach of using gaming to encourage participants to learn for themselves and motivate climate action
• Climate Interactive: the C-ROADS Climate Policy Model — an overview providing insights on C-ROADS model structure