Climate Policy You Can Experience – Learning by Doing [29.04.26]
At this year’s Girls’ & Boys’ Day, Louisa Mach hosted an interactive climate workshop at the InnoGreenhouse using the En-ROADS simulator.
26 students from regional schools took on the roles of decision-makers and negotiated, just like at a real climate conference, measures to achieve the 1.5°C target. There were debates, disagreements, negotiations, promises made and sometimes broken. It quickly became clear: some positions prevail more easily than others, and global climate policy is anything but fair or simple.
Using the science-based climate simulator (developed by Climate Interactive and MIT Sloan), students were able to test in real time how political, economic, and technological decisions impact global warming. This not only conveyed knowledge but, more importantly, built an understanding of which measures are truly effective and how complex the interplay between environment, economy, and society really is.
For many, it was their first time in a negotiation or decision-making role: an experience that sparked reflection and opened new perspectives. At the same time, one key takeaway remained: there are levers for action and hope that limiting global warming to below 2°C is still possible.
