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The goal of this project is to develop an integration toolkit to support resiliency and citizen engagement in city-communities, empowering them in responding to new climate change challenges with
bottom up involvement. To fulfill this goal a workshop which include a specially designed strategic computer game will be developed and applied. Strategy games are currently considered as one of
the most effective educational tools in climate change action methods. The proposed game will feature simulations that allow local community to transform their neighborhood into more resilient to
the climate change. The game will be adapted to local environmental and spatial conditions and will explore various choices (e.g. pro-adaptative actions) and consequences, as well as stimulate
higher motivation for participation in climate change transformation. The projects’ workshop toolkit will integrate best practices collected from communities that are already involved in climate
change actions. This knowledge and experience will be incorporated into the process of co-design of the game with highly motivated communities that mitigate of so-called motivational gap. The
workshop toolkit besides the game will include collection of methods stimulating motivation for adaptative action in local communities. The pilot project will then be carried out for six communities in Warsaw diversified in relation to exposure to climate change, urban structure and socioeconomic factors. As an outcome of the gaming workshop each tested community will be engaged in the
planning of an adaptation design in their neighborhood. Developed the workshop method including the game will be available in an open access toolkit offered to communities for engaging citizens in co-producing changes within their local communities also in other cities in the world. The outcome will be computer game encourage social engagement, workshop toolkit with developed methods of public engagement and scientific publications.