Columbia Student Presents Climate Change Board Games at COP27
Columbia Student Presents Climate Change Board Games at COP27
Columbia Student Presents Climate Change Board Games at COP27
By Sarah Fecht
November 18, 2022
Summary
Why are board games an important tool in educating people about climate change? It's not hard to imagine these scenarios: Environmental science students walk into a classroom, see the board game props, and are pleasantly surprised when they learn that the teaching content will be carried out through this game today.
A board game fan randomly picks up a new strategy board game in a game bar, and he doesn't care that he has no background knowledge about climate change.
Perhaps, after the game is over, he and his friends will replay the game and he will unknowingly bring in new thinking about climate change.
Could you tell us a bit about how your games work, and provide some examples of how players learn key concepts from them? Our two board games, Pacific Climate Adventures and Planet-E, are completely different game genres.
Historical events of great significance, disasters caused by climate change, how we respond to climate change, and how we mitigate and adapt.
The configuration of these different landscapes changes in each game, giving the players a different gaming experience each time.
Using Pacific Climate Adventures as an example, when we talked to youth from the South Pacific at COP27, they are very surprised that our team is out there advocating for climate change issues in the Pacific and they are very happy to help us and collaborate with us in the future.
Reference
Fecht, S. (2022, November 18). Columbia student presents climate change board games at COP27. State of the Planet. Retrieved December 21, 2022, from https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2022/11/18/columbia-student-presents-climate-change-board-games-at-cop27/