Workshop with Dennis Meadows: Cognitive challenges of modeling long-term climate change dynamics
What:
Workshop
When:
8:30 AM, Monday 24 May 2021 EDT
(2 hours)
How:
The phenomenon of climate change is still characterized by large uncertainty and ambiguous vocabulary. Thus rational discussion is difficult. In this workshop, Professor Meadows will discuss the theory and demonstrate the practice of using simple, manual games easily to convey important features of climate change.
- Dennis Meadows, et. al., The Climate Change Playbook, Chelsea Green Publishing, White River Junction, VT 2016.
- Chapter 4: ”Why Systems Surprise Us,” in Thinking in Systems, Donella Meadows, Chelsea Green Publishing, White River Junction, VT 2008.
Speaker
University of New Hampshire
Emeritus Professor, Former Director, Institute for Policy and Social Science Research