Georgia Climate PolicyLab En-ROADS Simulation Linking EduFuture & AK171 Projects

In this satellite event under the European Climate Pact and co-organized by SEU University (Georgia) and HEPH-Condorcet (Belgium), participants will step into the complex world of climate policy in Georgia, exploring how today’s choices shape the country’s energy, economy, and society for decades to come. Using the EnROADS simulation (as co-designed by Climate Interactive and MIT Sloan School of Management), the session combines immersive role-play with Strategic Foresight, allowing students, civil society representatives, and stakeholders to negotiate real-world climate measures in a system under pressure.

Participants will take on roles ranging from government and industry to NGOs and international partners, each with their own priorities, constraints, and perspectives. They will first negotiate policies from their assigned role, grappling with trade-offs between economic growth, energy security, social cohesion, and climate ambition. 

Then they will step back to consider the same decisions from their personal perspective, uncovering the differences between political feasibility and personal values, and seeing how interconnected actions can ripple across the system. Throughout the session, weak signals, emerging trends, and Georgia-specific factors, from hydropower dependency and urban-rural dynamics to cultural attitudes toward energy and international pressures, will guide discussion and decision-making.

By combining real-time modeling with reflection and backcasting, participants will explore pathways toward a resilient, independent, and low-carbon Georgia by 2050. They will negotiate, deliberate, compromise, and see the tangible impact of their choices, developing a deeper understanding of systems thinking and the complexity of climate governance. This session brings local action into conversation with global knowledge, linking insights from MIT REAP, MIT Orbit, EduFuture to practical, real-world climate strategies, and empowering participants to experience the challenges and opportunities of shaping Georgia’s climate future firsthand.