In this activity, students will become decision-makers in the local government of a coastal city during a flood event. Students will use the EPA-created tool EJScreen Mapper to look at the impacts of floods on coastal communities and see how they affect various vulnerable populations. The goals of this activity are for students to make decisions under uncertainty and work together to protect local communities.
This activity is an adaptation of work done by IRI’s Financial Instruments Sector Team (FIST) and their many partners who have contributed to the development of farmer games on climate-index insurance. Some of this work is highlighted in a book chapter (FIST et al. 2022).
