Combining role-play with interactive simulation to motivate informed climate action: evidence from the World Climate simulation

Climate change communication efforts grounded in the information deficit model have largely failed to close the gap between scientific and public understanding of the risks posed by climate change. In response, simulations have been proposed to enable people to learn for themselves about this complex and politically charged topic. Here we assess the impact of a widely-used simulation, World Climate, which combines a socially and emotionally engaging role-play with interactive exploration of climate change science through the C-ROADS climate simulation model. Participants take on the roles of delegates to the UN climate negotiations and are challenged to create an agreement that meets international climate goals. Their decisions are entered into C-ROADS, which provides immediate feedback about expected global climate impacts, enabling them to learn about climate change while experiencing the social dynamics of negotiations. We assess the impact of World Climate by analyzing pre- and post...

以信息缺失模型（information deficit model）为理论基础的气候变化传播实践，在弥合科学界与公众对气候变化风险的认知鸿沟方面，整体收效甚微。为此，学界提出借助模拟工具，帮助受众自主了解这一复杂且兼具政治敏感性的议题。本研究针对一款广泛使用的模拟工具——世界气候（World Climate）的应用效果展开评估，该工具将兼具社交与情感沉浸性的角色扮演环节，与通过C-ROADS气候模拟模型开展的气候变化科学交互探索相结合。参与者将扮演联合国气候谈判代表，需牵头制定一份符合国际气候目标的协议，其决策将被输入至C-ROADS模型，该模型会即时反馈预期的全球气候影响，使参与者在体验谈判社交动态的同时，学习气候变化相关科学知识。我们通过分析干预前与干预后[...]，评估世界气候（World Climate）的应用效果。