“Global warming games” or “climate change games” show players how their personal choices affect the health of the environment. The games correlate certain behaviors with measures of environmental harm, such as carbon dioxide output, water usage, or energy consumption. The gameplay may vary but the goal is typically the same — to inform players about climate change and what they can do to stop it. CAP reviews several in this
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Screen grab from “Climate Challenge,” a video game where users are the president of the European Union. Source: Flickr.
Many climate change games are available on the web for free.
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Original content Bob DeMarco, Look Beyond the Obvious
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