Daybreak in Real Life, March 2026

I often check climate news against Daybreak’s simple model to see how things are progressing in the real world. It’s imperfect to be sure, but it does help bring a sense of scale and a framework for understanding all the disparate pieces of news. Daybreak has two opposing dynamics that gave the game its core tension. First, it shows how the accumulation of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere leads…