News: News Archives Congressional Caucus Plays a Game to Learn
the Real-Life Complexity of Climate Solutions U.S.
Representative Judy Biggert and Alan I. Leshner Photos by Harvey
Leifert Climate scientists and policy makers generally agree
that over the next 50 years they must develop strategies to
significantly stabilize atmospheric concentrations of carbon
dioxide in order to forestall an unacceptable level of global
warming. But which strategies would be most effective and
provide the greatest bang for the buck? On that, there is no
consensus, but a game may help officials devise a framework to
attack the problem. The Congressional Research and Development
Caucus hosted a short version of the Wedge Game at a 20 November
briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., sponsored by the
AAAS Center for Science, Technology, and Congress. U.S.
Representative Judy Biggert, the Illinois Republican who co-
chairs the caucus, welcomed the audience of 80 congressional
staff members and representatives of foreign embass