The UN's Playing for the Planet initiative.
The UN's Playing for the Planet initiative.
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UN’s Playing for the Planet report says many gamers show environmental awareness

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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The United Nations said its that a survey of 390,000 gamers found that 70% of them are open to changing their environmental behaviors.

The Playing for the Planet Alliance 2022 Annual Impact Report said that players want studios to do more with activations in games when it comes to environmental awareness. The players were surveyed in nine of the games in the Green Game Jam. Of course, players who are playing such games likely already have a bias toward being green, and in that sense, the report may not be representative of all gamers.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.