net zero
51 billion tons of greenhouse gasses are added to the atmosphere each year. You have to bring it down to net zero.
2030 questions your everyday movements, everyday habits, what you eat, and how you live, which has caused the unprecedented climate events to occur. Save your resources! Play down your emissions! Act upon climate urgency!
Net Zero is referred to as a state where GHGs going into the atmosphere are balanced by the removal/ absorption of emissions from the atmo- sphere. As a common consensus, everyone is required to prevent adverse climate damages, by lowering the emissions by 2030 to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. To get to the track to maintain the earth’s average temperature from rising we must pledge “Net Zero”.
“2030 Net Zero is derived from our previous game Walk of Life, premised on water conservation as an outcome of our ongoing research on the Climate Crisis. It is an attempt to enable people to understand and comprehend in a Cooperative, Competitive, Strategic manner that leads to Impact.”
A. 51 Cards - to be played from both sides
(i) SIDE A - Carbon Emit
> Transport - 8 number cards,
4 action cards ( drink -2, pass,
Universal destruction,
switch)
> Food System - 8 number
cards, 4 action cards (drink -2,
pass, Universal destruction,
switch)
> Energy - 8 number cards,
4 action cards (drink -2, pass,
Universal destruction, switch)
> Industry - 8 number cards,
4 action cards (drink -2, pass,
Universal destruction, switch)
> Green Washed - 2 cards
> Swap carbon footprint
- 1 card
(ii) SIDE B - Carbon Offset
> Transport - 8 number cards,
4 action cards (drop +1, pass,
Universal destruction, switch)
> Food System - 8 number
cards, 4 action cards (drop +1,
pass, Universal destruction,
switch)
> Energy - 8 number cards,
4 action cards (drop +1, pass,
Universal destruction, switch)
> Industry - 8 number cards,
4 action cards (drop +1, pass,
Universal destruction, switch)
> Green Premium - 2 cards
> Swap carbon footprint
- 1 card
draw a card from
the top of the DRAW DECK to the
DISCARDED DECK (carbon emit now facing up)
The player who pledges NET ZERO first, wins. You pledge to net-zero your carbon emissions to meet the 2030 Agenda of of lowering the greenhouse gases (GHGs) being released into the atmosphere.
The players who run out of water first lose the battle to climate change. You have overshot your resource budget.
Numbers - play it on a matchin card of any category or a matching category itself.
> SIDE A - Carbon Emit -
play cards on cards only
and the player drinks
as much water = the number
mentioned on the card.
(1pt = -1, 2pt = -2…..)
> SIDE B - Carbon Offset -
play cards on cards only.
Universal Destruction -
a natural/human-made event
that reverses the direction
of the game play. Play on the
matching category or another
Universal destruction card.
Drop +1 -the player must drop two cards in their turn. Play Drop +1 card along with any other card of the matching category or drop another Drop +1 card.
Drink -2 -
you sip 2 points
of water from your glass. Played
on a matching category or on
another Drink -2 card.
Pass - all players pass their card to the players on their left. Play on the matching category or on another Pass card. If turned up at the beginning of play, the same rule applies.
Switch Card – everything flips from one side to another. Flip over the DRAW DECK, DISCARDED DECK and cards in your hands (the card just played will now be on the bottom). This new side will remain in play until another Switch card is played, changing it again. Played on a matching color or on another switch card.
Swap Carbon Footprint - pick any player and swap all the cards with that player. Can be played anytime.
Green Premium - the player pays a green premium on the selected category (transport, energy, industry, food). You select the next suit (color) that resumes play. Can be thrown anytime.
Green Washed - the player green washes other players in the elected category (transport, energy, indus try, food). You select the next category (color) that resumes play. Can be thrown anytime.
