Climate Change and Simulation/Gaming. (April 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Eisenack, Klaus; Reckien, Diana
• Other Names: Eisenack Klaus guest-editor.; Reckien Diana guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: Simulation & gaming. Volume 44:Number 2/3(2013)
• Page Start: 245
• Page End: 252
• Publication Date: 2013-04
• Subjects: adaptation -- global warming -- climate -- climate board game -- climate change -- climate-change simulation/games -- climate negotiations -- climate politics -- companion modeling -- CO2 emissions -- ecological systems -- economic development -- energy -- fossil fuels -- game design -- global politics -- global warming -- greenhouse gases -- interdisciplinarity -- knowledge coproduction -- mitigation -- natural disasters -- renewable energies -- role-playing -- simulation/games -- social networks -- sustainability -- UNFCCC -- water management; Social sciences -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; Simulation methods -- Periodicals; Game theory -- Periodicals; Sciences sociales -- Étude et enseignement -- Périodiques; Simulation, Méthodes de -- Périodiques; Jeu de rôle -- Périodiques; Éducation; Jeu d'entreprise; Jeu de simulation; Méthode de simulation; Sciences sociales; Théorie des jeux; Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme); Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme); 003.3
• DOI: 10.1177/1046878113490568
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1046-8781

Abstract

In this guest editorial, we survey some of the main themes and issues in anthropogenic global warming. We emphasize the great potential of simulation/games as an educational strategy. The diversity of issues in climate change is matched by the variety of simulation/games. We then provide a summary of the main points of each of the eight articles, which together contain a wide range of perspectives on climate change, of types of simulation/gaming, of level of abstraction, and of method of implementation.