The story of an escape room to connect with nature “Escape from Climate Change - Crimea Edition”

ArabiaWeather - The Environment Agency in Abu Dhabi opened in June 2023 an escape room to connect with nature, “Escape from Climate Change - Crimean Edition”.

The escape room highlights the hard work to find solutions to combat climate change and nature-based solutions, and showcases the UAE’s efforts in implementing projects aimed at building climate resilience.

The room also provides an opportunity for participants to experience scientific efforts to adapt to climate change, and interactively enhances the community's understanding of the complexity of climate resilience. The room is located in a virtual forest of mangroves, which adds to the challenge due to the difficult climatic conditions.

Participants have the opportunity to undertake an educational adventure aimed at addressing the effects of climate change and protecting natural heritage by using the ability of mangroves to mitigate the effects of climate change. This initiative aims to encourage community members to take action to conserve nature, and after experiencing the room, participants can participate in nature-based activities and volunteer to become part of citizen science programs.