is a required field.
Summer 2007
Harnessing Collective Intelligence to Address Global Climate Change, by Thomas W. Malone and Mark Klein, appears in the MIT journal Innovations, and lays out a broad vision for the Climate Collaboratorium.
Spring 2008
New York Times Climate Blog and the Nature Climate Blog report on the results of an early trial of the CoLab's large scale argumentation system.
Fall 2008
First prototype of the CoLab's modeling functionality presented at a meeting of the Center for Collective Intelligence Executive Advisory Board.
Spring 2009
Initial prototype of a system that combines modeling, large scale argumentation, and voting is tested with users.
September 2009
Inaugural moderators join the CoLab community and the system is launched. A White Paper is sent to the U.N. based on the outcomes of the 2009 CoLab contest.
Spring 2010
New debate interface is implemented and the redesign of the initial system begins with a focus on a streamlined user experience.
Fall 2010
First large-scale contest is launched with the winners presenting their proposals at the U.N. and Congress.
Spring 2011
On May 16, 2011, a second large-scale contest was launched asking members to consider the question, "How should the 21st century economy evolve bearing in mind the risks of climate change?" This contest will continue until September.
