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Illustrations by Annika Brandow for ‘Survive the Century’, a climate fiction game about the political, environmental and social choices humans will face between 2021 and 2100. Handout via Survive the Century/Reuters
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 11 It is the year 2050, the planet is warming up, meals come from nutritional food packs and dozens of new zoonotic viruses are spreading. As the editor of an influential newspaper, how would you try to shape public opinion?
This is one of the scenarios encountered by players of an online game launched yesterday, which uses humour and interactive decision-making to encourage people to think about the future of climate change, and what they can do about it.
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(Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It is the year 2050, the planet is warming up, meals come from nutritional food packs and dozens of new zoonotic viruses are spreading. As the editor of an influential newspaper, how would you try to shape public opinion?
This is one of the scenarios encountered by players of an online game launched on Monday, which uses humour and interactive decision-making to encourage people to think about the future of climate change, and what they can do about it.
Survive the Century is the work of scientists, economists and writers around the world brought together by U.S.-based research group the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC), and lets players navigate the future from 2021 to 2100.
3 Min Read
(Thomson Reuters Foundation) - It is the year 2050, the planet is warming up, meals come from nutritional food packs and dozens of new zoonotic viruses are spreading. As the editor of an influential newspaper, how would you try to shape public opinion?
This is one of the scenarios encountered by players of an online game launched on Monday, which uses humour and interactive decision-making to encourage people to think about the future of climate change, and what they can do about it.
Survive the Century is the work of scientists, economists and writers around the world brought together by U.S.-based research group the National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC), and lets players navigate the future from 2021 to 2100.