Harnessing The Potential Of En-ROADS

Climate professionals have a problem; when we present the climate crisis and its solutions, the engagement we seek from our audience often needs to be improved.

Merely providing new information and showing enhanced connections between policies and impacts often do not result in meaningful shifts in decision-making among business leaders, elected officials, or concerned citizens. One impediment is the staggering complexity of the interrelated issues.

Climate change is both a global and a local problem, with global and regional solutions, cascading effects, and feedback loops. Equity considerations bring real human beings into the picture, with life-and-death consequences, especially for the most vulnerable. In addition, the relative effectiveness of various possible actions often must be clarified.

To help, many climate professionals are improving communications tools, for example, creating powerful infographics. While such work is essential to climate education and improved decision-making, it appears insufficient. Our audience often remains unengaged at the deeper personal level required for sustained, difficult commitments.

En-ROADS Climate Solutions Simulator

Imagine a method of getting true engagement in a way that is not overwhelming but is instead empowering.

Trained facilitators are now using the En-ROADS climate solutions simulator to create this kind of informed engagement in workshops conducted…