Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Resource Economics

KEEP COOL

Gambling with the climate. Developed by Gerhard Petschel-Held and Klaus Eisenack.

Within KEEP COOL each player takes a role within global climate politics. You have to put through economic interests, e.g. of the USA and its partners or of the Developing Countries. Yet you must not forget the strong lobby groups in your country like the oil industry or environmental groups as they also decide whether you win or loose.
 

Within each round of the game you have to decide between measures for climate protection good for all and egoistic decisions just for your owns sake. The risk: catastrophes like droughts, floods or pandemics. The chance: welfare and a stable global climate. Whoever reaches his or her targets first wins, yet if you are not cooperative enough all players might loose due to a collapse of the world climate.

Freely following the motto 'jeopardise the climate,' players are free to influence climate policies as well as corporate decision making. For more details, please visit the game's website http://www.spiel-keep-cool.de.

 

Researcher: Jasper N. Meya

Lead Overall Project: Prof. Dr. Klaus Eisenack

Central Achievements:

Meya, J.N. and K. Eisenack (2018): Effectiveness of gaming for communicating and teaching climate change. Climatic Change. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-018-2254-7

Meya, J.N. and L. Meya (2016): Das Klima aufs Spiel setzen – Simulation der internationalen Klimaverhandlungen mit dem Planspiel KEEP COOL, Gesellschaft-Wirtschaft-Politik, Heft 2/2016, 249-259.

Reckien, D. and K. Eisenack (2013): Climate Change Gaming on Board and Screen: A Review, Simulation & Gaming, DOI: 10.1177/1046878113480867

Eisenack, K. (2012): Interdiscplinary communication and education with a board game on climate change, Simulation & Gaming, DOI: 10.1177/1046878112452639