Limiting “global warming to well below 2, preferably to 1.5 oC, compared to pre-industrial levels”, is the main objective of the Paris agreement, which is a legally binding international treaty on climate change. However formidable the goal might appear, there are pathways to achieve it with the help of deploying appropriate technologies and policies.
We introduce En-ROADS, the online climate simulation tool developed by Climate Interactive, Ventana Systems, UML Climate Change Initiative, and MIT Sloan, to create the results from various scenarios. The simulator provides a set of outputs, such as the temperature increase by 2100, CO2 emissions, cost of energy, sea level rise, and about 100 others from a selection of inputs that include 1) energy efficiency and electrification, 2) growth, 3) land use, 4) carbon capture technologies, and 5) Carbon pricing and other policies.
The screenshot of the interface provided below shows how the interactive lets the user handle some serious physics and math of climate change as child’s play and free of charge!
References
The Paris Agreement: UNFCCC
EN-ROADS: Climate Interactive
