What Climate Interactive does

Climate Interactive is a US-based 501(c)(3) non-profit, operating as a fiscally sponsored project of New Venture Fund, that builds and distributes interactive climate modeling tools to help decision-makers understand the long-term impacts of policy and technology choices. Its flagship product, the En-ROADS Climate Solutions Simulator, is a browser-based systems dynamics model co-developed with MIT Sloan, Ventana Systems, and the UML Climate Change Initiative that lets users adjust sliders for carbon price, energy subsidies, renewables, electrification, deforestation, and other variables to instantly see projected effects on global emissions and temperature. The portfolio also includes C-ROADS (a country/regional companion simulator), FEBAC (a fossil-fuel extraction in biomass-rich areas calculator built with Earth Insight), role-playing workshop experiences (Climate Solutions Workshop, Climate Action Simulation Game, World Climate Simulation Game), the En-ROADS Assignment for educators, and the free Mastering En-ROADS training course.

The organization operates a freemium, donation-supported model: all simulators are free for both commercial and non-commercial use, with a suggested 10% revenue-share from paid workshops and enterprise-style annual gifts. Distribution is anchored by a 969-strong En-ROADS Climate Ambassadors network across 91 countries that has reached 380,142 participants, integration into 250+ university courses at institutions including Stanford, MIT, Harvard, Tsinghua, and King's College London, and partnerships with organizations such as the American Public Health Association and the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health. Primary customer segments are government and policymakers, business/private-sector decision-makers, educators and students, and healthcare/public-health leaders. Reach metrics include 1.9M+ simulator users, 24,600+ leaders inspired to act, and peer-reviewed validation in Nature (March 2026) showing statistically significant gains in decision-maker understanding across 949 participants in 37 sessions.

Name

Climate Interactive

Legal name

Climate Interactive

Website

https://climateinteractive.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Climate Interactive is a US non-profit that builds the En-ROADS and C-ROADS climate simulators and related workshop experiences, serving policymakers, educators, businesses, and health leaders worldwide through a free, donation-supported model and a 969+ ambassador facilitator network in 91 countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Climate Simulation Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210), Environmental Consulting Services (541620)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Climate & GHG/Emissions Modeling & Scenario Analysis (Inventories, Projections, Net-Zero Pathways) (EUAHAKAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Downscaled Climate Projections & Scenario Analytics (CMIP, SSP/RCP, Regionalization) (EUABALAB), Climate Target-Setting, Transition Planning & Performance Management Platforms (EUABAEAF)

Keywords

• Climate simulation software
• Systems dynamics modeling
• Climate policy analysis
• Interactive learning tools
• Carbon emissions forecasting

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Tax-deductible donations: Primary revenue source. Climate Interactive is a fiscally sponsored project of New Venture Fund, a 501(c)(3) organization. Donations are tax-deductible under US tax code and fund simulator updates, material translations, research analysis, and non-partisan engagement. Accepts one-time and recurring gifts via climateinteractive.org/donate.
2. Suggested 10% revenue-share from commercial users: Use of En-ROADS and C-ROADS is free for both commercial and non-commercial use. Users who charge for workshops, executive trainings, or consulting engagements using the tools are asked to donate 10% of revenue back per event. Enterprise/in-house users are encouraged to make a large annual gift.
3. Facilitated workshops and custom experiences: Climate Interactive team and trained Climate Ambassadors deliver paid workshops, custom experiences, and Climate Action Simulation / Climate Solutions Workshop events for organizations—revenue streams back to facilitators and to Climate Interactive via donations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion4 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Climate Interactive builds and distributes free, browser-based climate simulation tools—En-ROADS, C-ROADS, and FEBAC—that let users interactively test the impacts of climate policies and technologies on carbon emissions, temperature, and other outcomes. It packages these simulators into facilitated workshop experiences, role-playing games, classroom assignments, and a global Climate Ambassador network to drive effective and equitable climate action among decision-makers.

Product overview

Climate Interactive offers a multi-product portfolio of climate simulation tools, interactive workshop experiences, and a global facilitator program, all centered around its climate modeling capabilities. The core platform consists of three simulators: En-ROADS (the flagship climate policy simulator co-developed with MIT Sloan), C-ROADS (a companion global climate simulator), and FEBAC (the Fossil fuel Extraction in Biomass-rich Areas Calculator developed with Earth Insight). These simulators power a suite of workshop experiences — the Climate Solutions Workshop, the Climate Action Simulation Game, the World Climate Simulation Game, and Custom Experiences — along with the En-ROADS Assignment for educators. The Climate Ambassadors Program and Mastering En-ROADS training extend the simulators' reach through a certified global facilitator network, while the Climate Interactive support site and Resource Library supply accompanying documentation, FAQs, and event materials.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• En-ROADS: The En-ROADS Climate Solutions Simulator — a world-renowned interactive simulator developed by Climate Interactive with MIT Sloan that allows users to test the global impacts of climate policies and technologies.
• C-ROADS
• FEBAC
• En-ROADS Climate Ambassadors

Products and services

• En-ROADS Climate Solutions Simulator World-renowned interactive climate simulator co-developed with MIT Sloan that allows users to test the global impacts of climate policies and technologies by adjusting sliders for energy, land use, carbon pricing, and other factors and observing resulting carbon emissions and temperature outcomes in real time.
• C-ROADS Simulator Companion climate simulator to En-ROADS that models national and regional emissions pathways, used in workshop, guided assignment, and homework formats by facilitators and educators worldwide.
• FEBAC (Fossil fuel Extraction in Biomass-rich Areas Calculator) Open-source, data-driven calculator developed with Earth Insight that estimates potential CO2 emissions from fossil fuel extraction activities in forested areas worldwide, covering extraction, transport, and combustion emissions plus associated deforestation emissions.
• Climate Solutions Workshop Interactive En-ROADS–based workshop experience that allows participants to explore cross-sector climate actions and their global impacts, delivered as webinars and in-person sessions.
• Climate Action Simulation Game Role-playing game experience built around En-ROADS in which participants take on stakeholder roles to negotiate climate solutions and observe their impacts in the simulator.
• World Climate Simulation Game Role-playing game experience built around C-ROADS that allows participants to explore climate dynamics and uncover powerful solutions through negotiation and simulation.
• Custom Experience Customized climate simulation experience offered to organizations seeking a tailored workshop or game built around their specific audiences and goals.
• En-ROADS Assignment Structured educational exercise in which students use the En-ROADS Climate Simulator to design a scenario that mitigates global climate change while assessing implications across the economy, environment, and society, available in short (1–2 hour) and long (multi-day) formats.
• Mastering En-ROADS Training Course Free, online, self-paced training program covering climate science, systems thinking, climate equity, facilitation techniques, and En-ROADS simulator mastery, serving as the required pathway to becoming an En-ROADS Climate Ambassador.
• En-ROADS Climate Ambassadors Program Global certified facilitator network of 969+ En-ROADS Climate Ambassadors across 91 countries who have completed the Mastering En-ROADS training and run at least two En-ROADS events, delivering simulator experiences to 380,142+ participants.

Quantifiable outcome

• Statistically significant gains in decision-makers' understanding of high-impact climate solutions, personal connection to climate change, and sense of empowerment after engaging with En-ROADS, across 949 decision-makers and 37 sessions.
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers17 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability3 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• MIT SloanflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-developer of the En-ROADS Climate Solutions Simulator, described on Climate Interactive's homepage as the 'world-renowned simulator developed by Climate Interactive and MIT Sloan.' MIT Sloan is also listed as a co-author institution on the En-ROADS User Guide and the co-developed model continues to underpin the company's flagship offering.
• Ventana SystemsflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-developer of En-ROADS alongside Climate Interactive, MIT Sloan, and UML Climate Change Initiative, as listed in the En-ROADS User Guide. Ventana Systems contributes systems dynamics modeling expertise to the simulator's architecture.
• UML Climate Change InitiativeflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-developer of En-ROADS alongside Climate Interactive, MIT Sloan, and Ventana Systems, as listed in the En-ROADS User Guide. UML Climate Change Initiative contributes research and modeling input to the simulator.
• Earth InsightcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner on the FEBAC (Fossil fuel Extraction in Biomass-rich Areas Calculator) tool. Climate Interactive developed FEBAC in partnership with Earth Insight to close an analytical gap on emissions from fossil fuel extraction in forested areas. Earth Insight provides country-specific land-use and fossil fuel datasets, contributes to ongoing case-study analysis (14 regional blocks analyzed to date across 10 countries, four continents), and is cited as the source of the fossil-free exclusion zones mapping underlying FEBAC's regional focus.
• American Public Health Association (APHA)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-presented the joint webinar 'Modeling Climate Solutions for a Healthier Future' alongside Climate Interactive and the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health (MSCCH). The partnership extends En-ROADS reach into the public health community and supports healthcare providers using En-ROADS to communicate health co-benefits to policymakers.
• Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health (MSCCH)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerCo-presented the joint webinar 'Modeling Climate Solutions for a Healthier Future' with Climate Interactive and APHA, expanding En-ROADS adoption among physician groups and medical societies advocating for climate-health policy.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI): Established clean-energy research and advisory non-profit working with governments and corporates on energy transition. Comparable in serving climate decision-makers with analytic tools, but with a broader energy-system consulting orientation rather than interactive scenario simulation.
• ClimateWorks Foundation: Major climate philanthropy that funds and coordinates climate mitigation analysis globally. Comparable as a non-profit ecosystem player supporting climate decision-making, though operates primarily as a grantmaker rather than a direct simulator provider.
• World Resources Institute (WRI): Large, well-established global research organization publishing climate, energy, and land-use data (CAIT, Climate Watch). Comparable in serving policymakers with science-grounded analysis, but at much broader scope and scale than Climate Interactive's interactive simulator niche.

Direct peers

• Project Drawdown: Non-profit that reviews and ranks climate solutions, with publicly available models of mitigation pathways. Targets the same decision-maker and educator audience with comparable science-grounded climate analysis, though focused on solution ranking rather than interactive scenario simulation.
• Climate Reality Project: Non-profit founded by Al Gore with a global network of trained volunteers (Climate Reality Leaders) delivering climate presentations and training. Directly comparable in using a trained ambassador/leader network to scale climate education and outreach worldwide.
• Climate Central: Non-profit climate science communications organization producing visualizations, news, and tools for journalists and policymakers. Comparable as a non-profit that turns climate science into accessible decision-support material, though more focused on localized impacts than policy levers.
• Ventana Systems: Co-developer of En-ROADS and a leading systems dynamics modeling firm. Ventana builds interactive simulation tools for climate, energy, and policy—directly comparable technology and methodology to Climate Interactive's core simulator architecture.
• MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative: Climate Interactive's flagship co-developer on En-ROADS. MIT Sloan Sustainability Initiative produces systems-dynamics climate modeling and executive education on climate strategy, directly comparable in audience (decision-makers) and analytical approach.

Regional players

• Carbon Brief: UK-based climate science journalism site covering policy and science for decision-makers and the public. Comparable in making climate science accessible to decision-makers, but as a media outlet rather than an interactive simulation tool provider.

Emerging players

• Earth Genome Project: Non-profit building open data and analytical tools for environmental decision-making. Comparable as a non-profit producing open-access data-driven tools for climate and land-use analysis, with overlapping scientific approach to FEBAC's biomass-and-fossil-fuel quantification work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors2 records

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