Climate table at the open day at Landhaus Tirol

With the help of the online climate simulator En-ROADs, visitors discovered on October 26 how our way of life will affect climate development up to the year 2100. They were able to make important adjustments that influence the global rise in temperature. However, the simulator also shows possibilities and opportunities to positively shape the future. From a large number of possible measures to combat climate change, those interested chose those that seemed important and feasible to them. With the help of the climate simulator, the effects of these measures could be tested and visualized directly and then discussed with the degree program's experts. For example, what are the benefits of an increase in the CO2 tax, more reforestation, the widespread use of renewable energies or a switch to electromobility as well as an increase in energy efficiency in buildings and industrial processes?

MAKING THE CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE VISIBLE

“In science, there is widespread clarity and consensus about the mechanisms and consequences of climate change. In practice, it is now a matter of communicating climate competence to the population, setting the course and implementing politically agreed measures,” says Prof. (FH) Dr. Wolfgang Woyke, Professor of Energy Economics. “This requires new methods of communication. With the climate simulator En-ROADs from MIT Climate Interactive on the browser of the so-called climate table, ideas develop and lead to good conversations.”

En-ROADS is a transparent climate simulation model that is freely available online and can be used to create your own scenarios for limiting global warming. The simulation provides intuitive access to the complex issue of climate change. En-ROADS was developed by the US think tank Climate Interactive and the MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative.

Links:

• To the En-Roads online climate simulator
• About the Energy & Sustainability Management FT degree program