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The Earth has humans, so why don’t our climate models?

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November 23, 2020 By Travis Franck and Caroline Reed

Over the past few decades, climate researchers have improved our understanding of global warming scenarios by increasing the complexity and precision of climate. These large models, using lots of …

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What role can afforestation play in addressing climate change?

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September 19, 2019 By Drew Jones

Note the authors of the paper discussed below have issued an erratum retracting some of their claims that we had pointed out initially. Additionally, En-ROADS has been updated since this post and so …

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Systems Thinking Community Is Working to Create Social and Environmental Change – Here’s What We’ve Noticed Recently

March 10, 2015 By Megan Alley

There is a vibrant community of people applying systems thinking to make positive change. We're excited to share a sampling of some things that we've noticed with you - from a six-minute video on …

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How to Solve More Problems Than Climate and Include More People Than Environmentalists

October 1, 2014 By Elizabeth Sawin

The core drivers of climate change cause other problems too. The good news is, for every problem there's a group of people who would benefit from solving it. From the first exploratory survey for …

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Building on the People’s Climate March – Four Suggestions From Systems Thinking

September 24, 2014 By Elizabeth Sawin

Systems thinking points to ways to build on the momentum created by last Sunday’s People’s Climate March. For the global climate movement as a whole and certainly for the five Climate Interactive …

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What is an Elephant? 5 Ways Systems Thinking Helps Action on Climate

August 27, 2013 By Ellie Johnston

Cross-posted from Climate Access. Where do you spend your time working on climate change amid the many stakeholders, complex biogeochemical processes, and thousands of laws, rules, and incentives? …

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John Sterman and the Dalai Lama: Investigating Growth with a Piece of Paper

August 27, 2013 By David Pedigo

Here’s a fun game you can play to get acquainted with systems thinking: Take a sheet of paper and fold it in half. Now fold it in half again. Keep going until you’ve folded it six times. At this …

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Rewards and Lessons From A Day of Systems Thinking with the Dalai Lama Fellows

August 9, 2013 By Elizabeth Sawin

“That’s another way we can ensure that traditional skills are passed on!”  “If we modify the program we can include that whole group of kids we were forgetting!"  “Should I invite the funders to …

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Innovate Podcast Features Climate Interactive, Impact of Systems Thinking

August 7, 2013 By David Pedigo

“Not only are problems interconnected, but often solutions are interconnected as well.” -Beth Sawin In the latest edition of the bi-monthly Innovate Podcast, which features interviews with …

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Adapting to Climate Change While Reducing Emissions: Seven Stories of Synergy

June 24, 2013 By Elizabeth Sawin

With creativity and determination, communities can act and invest in ways that help adapt to  climate change  while also reducing the greenhouse gas emissions that would otherwise cause future climate …

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Senators Connect the Dots on Climate

June 14, 2013 By Elizabeth Sawin

Calls from US political leaders to address the root causes of climate change are rare enough to be worth noting and celebrating when they happen, so I was pleased to read about a letter to President …

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