A Climate Change Board Game for Interdisciplinary Communication and Education

Simulation and Gaming

Volumn 44, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 328-348

  Eisenack, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

adaptation; climate change; communication; free rider problem; game design; hazard; impact of climate change; interdisciplinarity; international environmental agreements; KEEP COOL; language; media; mitigation; negotiations; public good; public understanding of science

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883483652     PISSN: 10468781     EISSN: 1552826X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1046878112452639     Document Type: Article

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