Video game industry is a climate opportunity

Devoted following: Young fans play video games at an event in Canada. An expert says good games can incorporate climate education and inspire action. — AFP

NEW YORK: It begins with a disturbing scene: a city almost entirely underwater. The city’s developers must reclaim land from the sea in order to build new infrastructure, but too much digging will trigger earthquakes and raw materials are scarce.

Survival is contingent on finding workarounds, and on installing tidal turbines and other technologies that can harness renewable energy.