Training game on 'Climate and Society' explores gender and social inclusion

The 'Climate and Society Game' is a training tool that uses role-play to help participants understand the intersection of social identity and climate risk. Set in the fictional Indian neighbourhood of Krishna Nagar, the game asks participants to adopt character cards—representing diverse identities such as a transgender woman, an elderly grandmother, and a pastoralist—to simulate consultations on coastal flooding and resilience planning. The exercise aims to highlight barriers to participation and foster more equitable climate action.

• The training game uses a fictional scenario set in Krishna Nagar, a low-income neighbourhood in an Indian coastal city, to simulate the impacts of sea level rise, coastal flooding, and heavier rain.
• The primary objectives of the exercise are to examine how diverse gender, social, economic, and cultural roles contribute to climate risk, how these attributes impact the ability to respond to climate change, and how to use tools to empower diverse participation in resilience planning.
• The game employs a two-round role-play structure: the first round focuses on identifying barriers to participation and the specific effects of flooding on different characters, while the second round involves responding to proposed adaptation and resilience plans.

APA

Dupar, M., Sandal, G., & Sadhukhan, B. (2021). Training game on 'Climate and Society' explores gender and social inclusion. Climate and Development Knowledge Network. https://cdkn.org/resource/resource-training-game-on-climate-and-society-explores-gender-and-social-inclusion

Chicago

Dupar, Mairi, Geeta Sandal, and Bedoshruti Sadhukhan. Training game on 'Climate and Society' explores gender and social inclusion. Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2021. https://cdkn.org/resource/resource-training-game-on-climate-and-society-explores-gender-and-social-inclusion.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{dupar2021training, author = {Dupar, Mairi and Sandal, Geeta and Sadhukhan, Bedoshruti}, title = {{Training game on 'Climate and Society' explores gender and social inclusion}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2021}, month = mar, url = {https://cdkn.org/resource/resource-training-game-on-climate-and-society-explores-gender-and-social-inclusion}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }