Skip to main content
Climate
Search

Main navigation

  • Climate 101
    • What We Know
    • What Can Be Done
    • Climate Primer
  • Explore
    • Podcast
    • Explainers
    • Climate Questions
    • For Educators
  • MIT Action
    • News
    • Events
    • Resources
  • Search
MIT

Main navigation

  • Climate 101
    • What We Know
    • What Can Be Done
    • Climate Primer
  • Explore
    • Podcast
    • Explainers
    • Climate Questions
    • For Educators
  • MIT Action
    • News
    • Events
    • Resources
  • Search
PostApril 1, 2019

How simulations and VR are redefining the classroom experience

Recently quoted in US News, Professor John Sterman of MIT Sloan School of Management describes the benefits of simulations in the classroom.

The climate simulation "teaches our business students skills such as improvising, negotiating and public speaking," he says. In addition, "it reinforces how their decisions can have consequences that last for decades."

Developed by Climate Interactive and MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative, participants are assigned roles as United Nations delegates from different countries and work to negotiating a climate agreement to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

To read the article on US News, click here.

by MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative
Topics
Finance & Economics
Education
Government & Policy

Related Posts

PodcastJanuary 29, 2026

E1: Marshes, mangroves, meadows

Ask MIT Climate Podcast
Ask MIT Climate
PodcastJanuary 22, 2026

Season 8 preview: New season, new name!

Ask MIT Climate Podcast
Ask MIT Climate
PostJanuary 13, 2026

Understanding ammonia energy’s tradeoffs around the world

MIT News
“Before this, there was no harmonized datasets quantifying the impacts of this transition,” says lead author Woojae Shin. “It’s filling a major knowledge gap.”
PostNovember 25, 2025

PODCAST: Climate Reveal (Season 1, Episode 5) - Health and Climate

MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy
Podcast: Climate Reveal

MIT Climate Knowledge in Your Inbox

 
 

MIT Groups Log In

Log In

Footer

  • About
  • Terms & Conditions
  • Privacy Policy
  • Accessibility
  • Contact
MIT Climate Project
MIT
  • Instagram
  • TikTok
  • YouTube
  • Simplecast
Communicator Award Winner
Communicator Award Winner