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The world failed to agree on how to save Earth: scientists simulated negotiations between countries. They discussed spraying particles into the atmosphere to reflect sunlight. Here’s what came of it: – The US and China immediately refused to cooperate on anything that harmed their national interests; – The Americans then “exposed” China’s secret experiments and sabotaged the deal, even though China wasn’t conducting any experiments according to the scenario; – A fake environmental NGO funded by oil companies set up the game’s scientific adviser — although hardly anyone was listening to her anyway; – By the end of the experiment, the real scientist had been reduced to tears, and the treaty between the countries still hadn’t been signed. Was this really a simulation?