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Climate change games as tools for education and engagement

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  • Jason S. Wu

    (Science, and Technology, Teachers College, Columbia University)

  • Joey J. Lee

    (Science, and Technology, Teachers College, Columbia University)

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Whether simple or sophisticated, educational games can help inform the public about climate change, its impacts, and what can be done about it.

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  • Jason S. Wu & Joey J. Lee, 2015. "Climate change games as tools for education and engagement," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 5(5), pages 413-418, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:5:y:2015:i:5:d:10.1038_nclimate2566
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2566
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    1. Victoria Wibeck & Tina‐Simone Neset, 2020. "Focus groups and serious gaming in climate change communication research—A methodological review," Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 11(5), September.
    2. Metin Besalti & Glenn Gordon Smith, 2024. "High School Students’ Motivation to Learn Climate Change Science through Educational Computer Games," Simulation & Gaming, , vol. 55(3), pages 527-551, June.
    3. Claire Dormann & Kirsten Duda & Busiku Hamainza & Delenesaw Yewhalaw & Charlotte Hemingway & Marlize Coleman & Michael Coleman & Edward Thomsen, 2020. "Evaluation of a game-based training course to build capacity for insecticide resistance management in vector control programmes," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 15(10), pages 1-22, October.
    4. Tina-Simone Neset & Lotta Andersson & Ola Uhrqvist & Carlo Navarra, 2020. "Serious Gaming for Climate Adaptation—Assessing the Potential and Challenges of a Digital Serious Game for Urban Climate Adaptation," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(5), pages 1-18, February.
    5. Katherine Ball & Kirk Jalbert & Lisa Test, 2021. "Making the board: participatory game design for environmental action," Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences, Springer;Association of Environmental Studies and Sciences, vol. 11(1), pages 12-22, March.
    6. Julia Jouan & Mireille De Graeuwe & Matthieu Carof & Rim Baccar & Nathalie Bareille & Suzanne Bastian & Delphine Brogna & Giovanni Burgio & Sébastien Couvreur & Michał Cupiał & Benjamin Dumont & Anne-, 2020. "Learning Interdisciplinarity and Systems Approaches in Agroecology: Experience with the Serious Game SEGAE," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(11), pages 1-15, May.
    7. Iñigo Capellán-Pérez & David Álvarez-Antelo & Luis J. Miguel, 2019. "Global Sustainability Crossroads : A Participatory Simulation Game to Educate in the Energy and Sustainability Challenges of the 21st Century," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(13), pages 1-23, July.
    8. Tania Ouariachi, 2021. "Facilitating Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue and Collaboration in the Energy Transition of Municipalities through Serious Gaming," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(12), pages 1-14, June.
    9. Lisette Beek & Manjana Milkoreit & Linda Prokopy & Jason B. Reed & Joost Vervoort & Arjan Wardekker & Roberta Weiner, 2022. "The effects of serious gaming on risk perceptions of climate tipping points," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 170(3), pages 1-23, February.
    10. Rebecca Yvonne Bayeck, 2020. "Examining Board Gameplay and Learning: A Multidisciplinary Review of Recent Research," Simulation & Gaming, , vol. 51(4), pages 411-431, August.
    11. David I. Waddington & Thomas Fennewald, 2018. "Grim FATE: Learning About Systems Thinking in an In-Depth Climate Change Simulation," Simulation & Gaming, , vol. 49(2), pages 168-194, April.
    12. Andreas Gerber & Markus Ulrich & Flurin X. Wäger & Marta Roca-Puigròs & João S. V. Gonçalves & Patrick Wäger, 2021. "Games on Climate Change: Identifying Development Potentials through Advanced Classification and Game Characteristics Mapping," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(4), pages 1-26, February.
    13. Marie Davidová & Shanu Sharma & Dermott McMeel & Fernando Loizides, 2022. "Co-De|GT: The Gamification and Tokenisation of More-Than-Human Qualities and Values," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(7), pages 1-20, March.
    14. Jasper N. Meya & Klaus Eisenack, 2018. "Effectiveness of gaming for communicating and teaching climate change," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 149(3), pages 319-333, August.
    15. Robert-Jan Den Haan & Mascha C. Van der Voort, 2018. "On Evaluating Social Learning Outcomes of Serious Games to Collaboratively Address Sustainability Problems: A Literature Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 10(12), pages 1-26, December.
    16. Wensing, Joana & Baum, Chad & Carraresi, Laura & Bröring, Stefanie, 2021. "What if consumers saw the bigger picture? Systems thinking and the adoption of bio-based consumer products," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics (formerly The Journal of Socio-Economics), Elsevier, vol. 94(C).
    17. Kristoffer S. Fjællingsdal & Christian A. Klöckner, 2020. "Green Across the Board: Board Games as Tools for Dialogue and Simplified Environmental Communication," Simulation & Gaming, , vol. 51(5), pages 632-652, October.
    18. Jennifer P. Carman & Marina Psaros & Seth A. Rosenthal & Jennifer Marlon & Marija Verner & Sanguk Lee & Danning Lu & Matthew H. Goldberg & Matthew Ballew & Anthony Leiserowitz, 2024. "Geeks versus climate change: understanding American video gamers’ engagement with global warming," Climatic Change, Springer, vol. 177(6), pages 1-20, June.
    19. Tania Ouariachi & Chih-Yen Li & Wim J. L. Elving, 2020. "Gamification Approaches for Education and Engagement on Pro-Environmental Behaviors: Searching for Best Practices," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(11), pages 1-14, June.
    20. Ping-Han Cheng & Ting-Kuang Yeh & Yen-Kai Chao & Jing Lin & Chun-Yen Chang, 2020. "Design Ideas for an Issue-Situation-Based Board Game Involving Multirole Scenarios," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(5), pages 1-20, March.

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