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Students Portrayed World Leaders to Debate Climate Change — and Why They Failed

UNSW Sydney · last updated

Students split into two main groups:

  • Countries: United States, China, Germany, India, Saudi Arabia, Tuvalu
  • Industries: non-renewable, renewable, built environment (infrastructure), technology, agriculture

The UNSW Business School SDG Team spearheaded the project as part of its commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, especially Climate Action, in partnership with Student Energy UNSW, a society focused on interdisciplinary climate dialogue.

Together, the teams created an immersive event designed to give participants hands-on experience in climate negotiation, collaboration, and compromise. Through successive negotiation rounds, students aimed to reach consensus on a global climate strategy—both as individual actors and as a collective (though divided) groups.

Their efforts, however, did not get off to a strong start.

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