Climate change and simulation/gaming: Learning for survival

First, the development of this symposium is mentioned, including appreciation for contributors, especially Klaus Eisenack, James Hansen, Dennis Meadows, and Diana Reckien. Second, a wide range of climate change dimensions is outlined, with emphasis on the increasingly important role that simulation/gaming and debriefing should play in educating people to combat climate change.

Climate issues include anthropogenic warming, due largely to ever increasing greenhouse gas emissions, resulting in massive and irreversible upheaval of the biosphere and the socio-economic system. Given the direct or indirect negative impact of climate change on health and mortality, due largely to the lethargy of politicians and big business, such people, in a saner world, could be facing accusation of crimes against humanity.