About us
OUR PURPOSE.
To accelerate the understanding of climate issues at the global level in order to help trigger the necessary changes for the preservation of life as soon as possible.
Climate Fresk encourages the rapid and widespread spread of an understanding of climate issues. The efficiency of the teaching tool, the collaborative experience and the user licence have contributed to the exponential growth of Climate Fresk.
THE ASSOCIATION.
The Climate Fresk NGO was created in December 2018 by Cédric Ringenbach in order to accelerate the spread of the tool, to train and upskill Climate Fresk facilitators who are the international community of Freskers.
It is based on a decentralised and participative approach, based on the principles of do-docracy, the right to make mistakes, the rule of three, transparency and the duplication of initiatives.
OUR VISION.
Climate change is a complex problem that affects us all, but it is still very badly understood by the general population.
We don’t have much time, but by understanding the challenge we can take our response to the next level.
Climate Fresk prompts participants to take constructive action to help tackle climate change.
Our ambition is to create a network of people that is growing exponentially who can pass on this quality climate education in order to reach a social tipping point that will help guide us to a low carbon world.
REACHING THE TIPPING POINT.
Climate Fresk’s impact is growing exponentially: the number of volunteers is doubling every 5 months.
What does exponential growth mean?
The more the group grows, the more the rate of growth increases! Whether it relates to the number of water lilies on a pond’s surface or grains of rice on a chessboard, if something is growing exponentially, people systematically and consistently underestimate how rapidly it will grow over time.
It’s the same for Climate Fresk! The more facilitators there are, the more participants there will be, and vice versa.
AROUND THE WORLD.
The fight against climate change is a global challenge. Greenhouse gases don’t stop at borders, so reducing the quantity we emit is everyone’s responsibility.
With over 100 Country Coordinators, Climate Fresk is pursuing its mission of raising awareness around the world and sharing its knowledge in more than 45 languages.
LICENSE.
We have licensed the game (Creative Commons BY-NC-ND) in such a way that the knowledge can be diseeminated as widely as possible, and by anyone.
The usage of Climate Fresk is open and free, when it is run by a volunteer facilitator at a free event.
For commercial use or when the workshop is run within a company, certain usage rights apply which in turn fund the NGO and its activities.
This licensing makes the workshop accessible to anyone and also enables professionals to use it a commercial context to spread the knowledge within businesses.
A game created by Cédric Ringenbach
Founder and president, Cédric Ringenbach, is an engineer, lecturer and energy transition consultant. A climate change specialist since 2009, he ran The Shift Project between 2010 and 2016. He teaches about energy-climate issues at the « grandes écoles » universities in France (Sup’aéro, Ecoles Centrales, Sciences Po, HEC). Cédric created the Climate Fresk game in 2015 and has continuously worked on it until it reached its current format.
THE PERMANENT TEAM.
The full-time Climate Fresk team has also grown exponentially. Its job is to serve the community of volunteers and help them carry out their activities while expanding their expertise. The team also ensures that the NGO is working on achieving its strategic goals.
GENERAL MANAGEMENT
COMMUNICATION TEAM
FINANCE TEAM
INNOVATION, PEDAGOGY & IMPACT TEAM
MANAGEMENT & HUMAN RESOURCES TEAM
MOBILISATION TEAM
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING ORGANISATION TEAM
PRODUCT TEAM
INTERNATIONAL STRUCTURING TEAM
PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION.
ANAÏS TERRIEN
Climate Fresk green belt, former Country Coordinator in Egypt, former employee of the association, multi-Fresker (for climate, climate change adaptation, agriculture and food, biodiversity and planetary boundaries), Anaïs Terrien splits her time between Paris and Central Brittany, where she plays an active role in the region’s ecological transition.
Anaïs Terrien knows the association inside out as she has been a part of the community since its beginning. She is passionate about sharing her enthusiasm and inspiring people to take action to protect the living world.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
The Board of Directors is made of up 12 members. Each director has one vote. The Board of Directors is there to serve and support members who are finding ways to spread the Climate Fresk message more broadly.
THE COMMUNITY OF FRESKERS.
Climate Fresk would be nothing without its thousands of volunteers who have been running workshops, training facilitators, and managing or taking part in special projects since the very beginning.
