Game of Life

Climate policy is a system of lag effects and political trade-offs, which makes it hard to teach in the abstract and easy to underestimate in practice.

A single-player strategy game covering 24 years of decisions across six cabinet roles: Energy, Treasury, Environment, Agriculture, Foreign Trade and Civil Resilience. Policies take rounds to pay off, and a political-health meter tracks whether you keep your job while world events force you to adapt mid-plan.