MIT En-ROADS Simulator Climate Workshop 11 November 2025

North Shore Inc hosted an MIT En-ROADS Climate Workshop at Gordon Library on Tuesday, 11 November 2025, bringing community members together to explore practical pathways to reduce emissions using the En-ROADS climate solutions simulator.

Co-developed by Climate Interactive and the MIT Sustainability Initiative, En-ROADS is a hands-on, science-based experience that helps people test the impact of different climate actions in real time and understand how solutions interact across the system.

For context, Climatechangeinaustralia.gov.au notes the world is projected to reach a sustained +1.5°C global warming level around 2030 under all plausible scenarios, and that returning to and stabilising at 1.5°C would require extremely ambitious emissions reductions to net zero and beyond, including net CO₂ removal.

Guided by trained facilitator Stephane Schneider, attendees worked collaboratively to build a scenario aligned with the Paris Agreement goals—limiting warming to below 2°C and pursuing efforts to limit it to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. Participants explored options including energy efficiency, electrification, carbon pricing, reducing deforestation and carbon dioxide removal, and saw how these ‘levers’ influence global temperature and other key outcomes.

Participants included Nicolette Boele (Federal Member for Bradfield), Peter Vun (Ku-ring-gai Council Program Lead, Energy Management and Net Zero Strategy) and Emma Treadgold (Ku-ring-gai Council Sustainability Engagement Leader), alongside other local community
members. The session concluded with time for questions and networking overrefreshments.