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Abstract
What if learning about climate change felt like playing a game where your choices could save the planet? Serious games and gamified approaches are transforming climate education by converting abstract climate science into engaging, hands-on learning experiences. Instead of passively receiving information, learners engage in decision-making, role-playing, and experimentation, seeing the consequences of their choices unfold in real-time. This chapter demonstrates how climate games facilitate a shift from awareness to action through purposeful design, facilitation, and co-creation. Case studies, including The Climate Game and the Climate Action Simulation, illustrate how games can build systems thinking, strengthen agency, and inspire meaningful engagement. This chapter also explores strategies for integration into curricula and learning programs, ensuring access across diverse contexts, supporting facilitators, and embedding reflection and evaluation. Packed with insights and practical ideas, it equips educators, policymakers, NGOs, and sustainability leaders to create climate learning experiences that inform, empower, and mobilize for lasting impact.