Hi folks,<\/p>\n
We plan a zoom call for our 10am May 5th<\/sup> climate change meeting.\u00a0 You do not need to download any software to participate. Zoom has been responsive to recent criticism of \u201czoom bombing\u201d and is becoming a standard for communication. We plan to use all their security features.<\/p>\n If you have not zoomed before and would like a practice session send me an email with your preferred time and I\u2019ll set it up. This would be a short session to chat and get used to the platform. Just a couple of weeks ago I was learning this myself.<\/p>\n For May 5th<\/sup> the main discussion will be on a new modelling tool called En-ROADS that anyone can use to try out various policies to keep the global temperature rise to less than 1.5 Celsius. Do you think we should cut coal use? Plant trees? Tax carbon? You can see how these choices and many more affect energy use and climate. En-ROADS was developed at MIT and released to the public early this year. You can find it here: En-ROADS<\/a>\u00a0 If you have time try it out before the meeting. If you have lots of time look at some of the training videos, especially #1 and #2. You can find them here \u00a0En-ROADS training videos<\/a>\u00a0 You don\u2019t need to have the model up and running for the zoom meeting \u2013 you can watch my version.<\/p>\n