Stephen Downes

As Alan Levine reports, "En‑ROADS is a global climate simulator that allows users to explore the impact that dozens of policies - such as electrifying transport, pricing carbon, and improving agricultural practices - have on hundreds of factors like energy prices, temperature, air quality, and sea level rise." I tried out a number of scenarios on it and found it useful to visualize potential futures - but also felt a bit locked in by the assumptions of the simulation (for example, the subsidies on coal & oil can only be increased a little bit (and we don't see what the actual values are), carbon-dioxide removal seems to have an outsized influence, electrification can only be subsidized, not taxed, etc). Do take the time to read the documentation.