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Virtual Climate Activation: A Framework Approach to Sustainable Food Consumption in Games

Year: 2025

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: The climate, biodiversity, and inequality polycrisis is one of the most pressing issues humanity has to tackle. Demand-side changes in the food sector can help to address it. Video games have been identified as a potential tool to communicate environmental issues and support such societal change. This study analyzes three current games featuring sustainability messages in the food sector, Gibbon: Beyond the Trees, Beecarbonize, and Bear & Breakfast, to assess how they communicate these issues and what can be learned from them for future game development.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15648508

Authors: Steinhauser, Jan, Fritz, Steffen, Pirker, Johanna

Institutions: International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Graz University of Technology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Language: English

Topic: Digital Games and Media

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Responsible consumption and production, Climate action

Open Access status: green

Funder: European Commission