Andrew Jones: Global Thinker | Complex Decision-Making | Climate Interactive

Andrew Jones is one of the foremost experts on the use of simulation modeling to improve decision-making for our most pressing global challenges, including the socio-economic and geopolitical ramifications of climate change. He is Co-Founder and CEO of Climate Interactive, and creator of the En-ROADS simulation model which has been used by an estimated 1.4 million people in over 170 countries, including by global negotiators, U.S. Senators and more than 178 Members of Congress, and multinational corporations. In this episode, filmed in Asheville, North Carolina, following the devastation of Hurricane Helene, we explore how system dynamics modeling, simulations, and synthetic experiences can be used to help policymakers and decision-makers to better conceptualize and understand the myriad dimensions of complex problems. Jones reveals methods and strategies for overcoming the challenges of time and space in order to visual future outcomes within milliseconds, creating non-judgmental environments for exploring alternative options, and avoiding reliance on ‘black box’ modeling to instead use methodologies which transparently reveal the dynamic cross-correlations at play within complex systems.

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You too can directly work with the simulation model discussed in this podcast (available for free and in 20 languages) by going to https://www.climateinteractive.org/en-roads/ . 

You can connect with Andrew Jones here:  https://www.climateinteractive.org/about/staff/andrew-p-jones/ .
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Original Music by Billy Goodrum

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