[16] Change Game: In Conversation With Eleonora Cogo (Feat. Paola Valandro)

"Build a community and keep everyone happy. You may encounter heat waves, droughts, floods, rising sea levels, or the spread of new diseases. Can you make it?"  

[Episode 16] Scientist Eleonora Cogo, ideator of the Change Game shortlisted in the Best Innovation category at the Italian Video Game Awards, describes its potential to represent the human impact on the planet and climate change's complexity. This episode feats project manager Paola Valandro who collaborated on the project with Eleonora.  

🌎 What if a videogame could help people of all ages grasp the complexity of human impact on our planet?  

🌎 What if they could try giving it a go and try out what it means to build a "sustainable" city and planet?   

With scientist Eleonora Cogo we looked at the communication potentials of a videogame, such as "Change Game."    

Download the game   

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id1514086644

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.cmcc.changegame 

Game's Official Website: https://www.changegame.org/ 

Discover more about the speakers and the game:   

Eleonora Cogo is a climate change and sustainability professional with 15 years of experience working with businesses and governments. She has been a Senior Scientific Manager at the Foundation Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC) and a member of the Italian delegation and EU team of negotiators at the UN climate negotiations (UNFCCC) which led to the Paris Agreement in 2015. She has served on the board of the Adaptation Fund.   

Paola Valandro is senior project manager of ART-ER. Working in the field of education and training since 2000, she is involved in projects and initiatives at the regional and European level to valorize talents and competencies for innovation, culture, and creativity. © 2021 Rethinking Climate: Communicating Sustainability