ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The authors wish to thank the following for their cooperation and valued contributions, including: Caspar M Ammann, Chief Scientist and Co-Founder, Climate Strategies Carissa Caban-Aleman, M.D., Associate Professor; Director of Behavioral Health Services at Student Health Center, Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Florida International University Robert Catto, Program Director, Full Sail University Paula Angela Escuadra, Co-Founder and CoChair, International Game Developers Association Climate Special Interest Group Chance Glasco, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center Robert Goodspeed, Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan Andrew P. Jones, Executive Director, Climate Interactive Peter Mitchell, Chief Creative Officer, Marketing for Change Co.; Marina Psaros, Head of Sustainability, Unity Technologies Mitchell Sanchez, Founder, The Othervrse Grant Shonkwiler, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center Pablo Suarez, Innovation Lead, Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre; Carlos Zegarra, Executive Director, Sachamama.

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This report has been authored by Peter Engelke, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow for Foresight, Scowcroft Strategy Initiative, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security and Rosemary Mann, Director, Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships, Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center.

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The authors of this report would like to acknowledge the following colleagues at the Atlantic Council for the complete implementation of this study, including: Kathy Baughman McLeod, Director and SVP, Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center; Barry Pavel, former Senior Vice president and Director, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security; Nidhi Upadhyaya, Deputy Director, Strategic Initiatives and Partnerships, Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center; Imran Bayoumi, Project Assistant, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security Felix Knight; former Project Assistant, Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center A special thank you to our partners at Full Sail University for their continued support of our video gaming initiative.

Thanks also to Alison Bradley, Founder, Wacky Puppy Design, for her work on the design, layout, and graphics of the report.

Gameplay screengrab of VR prototype created by The Othervrse Arsht-Rock/Scowcroft Center