In the "D&C game" each table represents a continent or region in which a trio of actors – national decision makers, provincial governments and donors – have to make decisions on whether to invest some of their allocated resources (beans) in disaster preparedness. At each round, the roll of the dice determines whether a player is affected by flooding, and new unexpected elements (such as climate change impacts) are introduced as the game advances. Players use beans to pay for disaster preparedness and risk reduction, or damages. The ‘winner’ is the actor who retains as many beans as possible at the end of the game to support development, while losers hold the largest number of red stones (humanitarian crises). For more information, please visit: http://www.climatecentre.org/site/development-and-climate-days.

“Decision makers are dealing with these situations all the time!”, concluded one participant.