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What is
Antarctic
Futures?
Antarctic Futures translatescomplex scientific scenariosabout the future of Antarcticainto a playable experience.Players will experience first-handhow different global policyresponses to climate change mayor may not save the world froman environmental catastrophe.
ANTARCTIC FUTURES
Build a policy platformbased on competingglobal economic,political, cultural, andecological interests.
Policy
Manage globalenvironmental crises,and increasepreparedness tominimise the risk offurther crises.
Crisis Management
Make critical decisionsabout responses tosignificantenvironmental events,and track their effectson the world.
Decision Making
Aspects of the game
Learn with
Antarctic
Futures
The Antarctic Futures game
has been developed as a
part of the Antarctic Cities
Project. The development of
the game has been the
result of participatory
co-design through ongoing
community engagement.
The collaborative nature of
the game makes it a
valuable educational tool
that can be used in a variety
of settings that deal with
issues including but not
limited to climate change,
environmental policy, and
ecological sustainability.
Classroom/Tutorial Students engage in guidedplay sessions, and comparenotes on: > Selecting policy > Responses to crises >Challenges in decision-making
Ice-breaking Session Participants are divided intoteams. A member from eachteam engages in structured role-play sessions and make decisionsin the game based on the rolethey are assigned. Team-members can then discussaspects such as differences inoutcomes, policy considerations,and overall progress of the gamebased on the role portrayed.
Team Building Activity Team members engage in playsessions with an assigned goal (i.e. achieving 80% globalpreparedness to take actionagainst climate change). Team members discuss thestrategies they implementedto reach that goals.