Colleagues,
Please see below for the compiled attributed responses that I received to my recent query regarding running climate simulations post-Paris. Many thanks for the very helpful suggestions! >From Henrik: This semester, I'm having my students reading up on the INDCs and then I'm doing the C-learn model for the first time: https://www.climateinteractive.org/tools/c-learn/ Depending on class size, there is also the larger C-roads: https://www.climateinteractive.org/tools/c-roads/ " >From Heike: “I gave my students a draft version of the text (from 10 December) to negotiate from. And then we compared what they came up with with the final text. >From Rado: “ Instead of negotiating post-Paris policy, this year the simulation in my course on global climate politics will take the Durban Platform and follow the mandate. The disadvantage is that they already know what happened. The advantage is that you could take them to reality after the simulation is over and they can compare their results with Paris.” >From Joanna L.: “I'm actually going to run a Paris Redux simulation where they re-do the Paris negotiations (an abridged version) and see if the results are different, then compare them to what actually resulted. This will include the country teams revisiting the pledged INDCs and revising them as needed.” Ron also sent along a really great final paper assignment, which although not a simulation, achieves many of the same empirical and analytical goals of a simulation. In short, it asks students to “identify the positions of several (3 to 5) countries in the negotiating group… and examine whether their negotiating positions align with claims made in theoretical articles.” Best, Sikina -- Sikina Jinnah Asst. Professor of International Relations American University *Links:* Homepage <http://www.sikinajinnah.com/> // Global Environmental Politics Program <http://www.american.edu/sis/gep/> *****Post-treaty Politics <http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/post-treaty-politics> *(MIT 2014)* Winner ISA's 2016 Harold and Margaret Sprout Award **** ****New **Book * *New Earth Politics: Essays on the Anthropocene <https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/new-earth-politics>* (MIT 2016)*** On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 2:12 PM, Sikina Jinnah <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Colleagues, > > I have been thinking about how to adjust my in-class UNFCCC simulation now > that the Paris Agreement is complete. I know there is still much to be > negotiated but I'm not sure what would be the best angle to take with > undergrads to help them really understand the politics without getting too > deep into the weeds of compliance, NDC review, etc. > > Has anyone else thought through how to adapt their simulations for this > next phase? As always, I'm happy to compile off-list responses and send to > the full list. > > Many thanks for any thoughts. > > Sikina > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
