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Climate Fresk® for Teams

Build shared climate understanding - fast A facilitated, science-based workshop that helps teams build a shared, baseline understanding of climate change and its implications for organisations.
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why this matters now

Climate change is increasingly shaping organisational decisions; across strategy, governance, risk, operations, supply chains, disclosure, and long-term planning. Yet within many organisations, understanding often varies significantly. Some participants are highly familiar with climate-related issues, while others are engaging with them for the first time. Increasingly, having baseline climate and earth systems literacy is no longer being treated as optional sustainability knowledge, but as part of informed governance, prudent strategic oversight, and long-term organisational decision-making. Climate Fresk provides a structured way to build a shared, science-based baseline understanding of how the climate system works, why it is changing, and the causes and consequences of climate disruption, helping participants develop a common understanding and shared visual map of the climate system regardless of prior experience or expertise. As leadership scholar and Bloomberg Opinion columnist Gautam Mukunda put it in January 2026: “Make 2026 the year you get climate literate.”

What is Climate Fresk

Climate Fresk is a globally recognised, science-based workshop built on the research of the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). In a facilitated, team-based format, participants work together using 42 illustrated cards to map the cause-and-effect relationships driving climate change and its impacts on ecosystems, societies, and economies. As participants progressively connect the cards, they collectively build a shared visual representation, or “fresk”, of the climate system. Rather than passively receiving information, participants build understanding through collaboration, dialogue, and collective intelligence, helping complex climate dynamics become clearer, more memorable, and easier to discuss within a single three hour facilitated workshop. The workshop is specifically designed to work across mixed levels of experience, enabling both climate newcomers and experienced sustainability professionals to build a shared baseline understanding together, so organisational discussions can begin from a more common foundation of climate knowledge and systems understanding.
* Image courtesy of Climate Fresk Australia

A globally recognised workshop

2.3m+ Participants WORLDWIDE

used by organisations globally
100,000+ TRained facilitators
Available in 170 countries
OFFERED IN 45+ languages
Climate Fresk® is a registered trademark of the Climate Fresk organisation and was originally developed in France in 2015.

How the workshop works

Climate Fresk is often described as following a “Head, Heart, Hands” progression, moving from scientific understanding, to creativity and emotional engagement, to discussion and action.
Phase 1 - Understanding
Participants work together to build their shared climate fresk, mapping how the climate system functions and why it is changing through dialogue, collaboration, and collective intelligence.
Phase 2 - Creativity
Participants collectively transform the fresk into a shared visual representation using illustrations, colours, symbols, and text.This phase helps anchor understanding, encourage ownership, and create space for reflection before discussion and action.
Phase 3 - Reflection & Emotions
A facilitated reflection phase allows participants to acknowledge and process emotional responses to climate change and organisational implications, helping reduce psychological barriers that can otherwise inhibit constructive engagement.
Phase 4 - Discussion & Action
Participants explore practical responses, organisational implications, and actions, with discussion lightly tailored to organisational context, priorities, or its sustainability initiatives.

What your team will walk away with

After a Climate Fresk workshop, teams typically:
A shared, science-based understanding of climate change
Greater confidence engaging in climate-related discussions and conversations across the organisation
Greater understanding of cause → effect → impact relationships across climate systems
A stronger foundation for strategy, risk, and transition conversations
A more common language and shared mental model across teams and functions of climate and the climate system
Important organisational questions and implications for further exploration

what climate fresk looks like in practice

Teams collectively build and visualise the climate system together, not through passive presentations, but through shared reasoning, collaboration, creativity, and facilitated discussion.

who is this for?

Climate Fresk is designed for organisations and teams that are:• exploring or already engaged in climate, sustainability, ESG, or sustainability-related certification initiatives• preparing for strategy, governance, risk, or transition discussions that require a stronger shared understanding of climate and earth systems• seeking to build a shared baseline understanding and common visual map of the climate system across teams with differing levels of prior climate knowledge and experience• looking to strengthen organisational discussion, engagement, and alignment around climate and sustainability initiatives The workshop can also be lightly tailored to support:• organisational climate and sustainability initiatives• onboarding and capability-building programs• leadership off-sites and broader strategic discussions• organisational context, priorities, initiatives, or areas of strategic relevance Typical participants include:• leadership teams, Directors and boards• sustainability / ESG teams• strategy and transformation teams• HR / People & Culture teams• cross-functional groups • climate-related advocacy networks and mission-driven organisations• educators, universities, colleges, schools and senior students (15+)

workshop format

FORMAT• 3-hour facilitated workshop• 4–16 participants per session • Suitable for ages 15 and over (facilitator holds a NSW Working With Children Check) DELIVERY• Delivered in-person at your organisation or chosen venue • Available across Australia• Sydney-based facilitator • Online delivery available on request FLEXIBLE OPTIONS• Suitable for single teams or organisation-wide rollouts• Multiple sessions available across teams and locations• Light tailoring to organisational context available on request • Micro-sized and small organisations may combine to form shared workshop groups

How CLIMATE FREsK can support broader organisational work

Climate Fresk can function as a structured entry point into broader organisational discussions around strategy, governance, risk, transition, and long-term direction.
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YOUR FACILITATOR: CERTIFIED AND EXPERIENCED

Climate Fresk workshops are delivered by Tom Foster, founder of EcoProsper Consulting and an accredited Climate Fresk facilitator, including additional PRO facilitator training for commercial workshop delivery. Tom’s facilitation experience spans public workshops, community groups, student cohorts, and professional organisational audiences, enabling him to deliver engaging, well-structured sessions tailored to different participant groups and organisational contexts. His background spans engineering, business, government, economic development, and the economics of sustainability, bringing both technical rigour and systems-level insight to each workshop. Tom’s postgraduate studies in the Economics of Sustainability also inform EcoProsper’s broader focus on ecological limits, post-growth thinking, and long-term organisational decision-making. Based in Sydney, Tom delivers workshops across Australia, either at your organisation or at a venue of your choosing. Tom holds a NSW Working With Children Check.

Frequently asked questions

Do participants need prior climate knowledge?
No. The workshop is designed for all levels, from beginners through to experienced sustainability professionals.
Is this just climate training?
No. Climate Fresk builds a shared, baseline, science-based understanding that supports organisational discussions, governance, strategy, and decision-making. Unlike many climate training programs where participants receive information passively, Climate Fresk uses a facilitated, collaborative, and highly visual format where participants work together to build and visualise the climate system themselves. Through dialogue, collective intelligence, creativity, and facilitated discussion, participants develop a common understanding and shared visual map of the climate system in real time, rather than receiving information individually or passively.
Will this be too basic or too technical?
The workshop is specifically designed to work across mixed levels of experience and knowledge, from ages 15+. It enables participants to contribute, share knowledge, and build a shared understanding together, regardless of prior climate expertise.
Can the workshop be shortened?
The workshop is designed as a 3-hour facilitated session. This format allows participants to build the full climate system and engage in reflection and discussion. Sessions can be scheduled at times that suit your organisation, such as over lunch or late afternoon.
Does the workshop lead to action?
Yes. The workshop supports informed and constructive discussion grounded in a shared understanding common visual map of the climate system and organisational implications. Its final discussion and action phase supports participants to explore practical responses and actions, which can also be lightly tailored to organisational context, priorities, or sustainability initiatives.
Can Climate Fresk be aligned to our organisation’s sustainability programs or priorities?
Yes. In organisational settings, the workshop can be lightly tailored to your organisation's existing sustainability initiatives, leadership off-sites, onboarding programs, capability-building activities, or broader strategic discussions. Facilitation emphasis can also be adjusted depending on organisational priorities, context and objectives.
Does Climate Fresk complement existing ESG, sustainability, or certification initiatives?
Yes. Climate Fresk complements existing ESG, sustainability, and climate-related certification initiatives by helping teams build a shared baseline understanding of climate and earth systems, along with a common visual map of the climate system that strengthens organisational discussion, engagement, and decision-making around these activities.
How do organisations typically use Climate Fresk internally?
Organisations commonly use Climate Fresk to:• build shared baseline understanding of climate and earth systems across teams• develop a common visual map of the climate system to support clearer organisational discussion and decision-making• support sustainability, ESG, or certification initiatives• strengthen strategic conversations around climate risk and transition• engage employees and build internal support for climate and sustainability initiatives• support onboarding, capability-building, leadership off-sites, and broader organisational learning programs
Is Climate Fresk a good precursor to Doughnut Design for Business?
Yes. Climate Fresk helps teams build shared climate and earth systems understanding before moving into broader discussions about ecological limits, organisational strategy, and long-term decision-making through Doughnut Design for Business workshops.
How many people can attend?
Each session is designed for 4–16 participants. Larger groups can be delivered across multiple sessions.
Can this be delivered across multiple teams?
Yes. Organisations can roll out Climate Fresk across teams and across the broader organisation as part of capability-building, onboarding, sustainability, or strategy processes.
Can smaller organisations participate?
Yes. Micro-sized and small organisations can combine to form shared workshop groups.
How much does it cost?
Pricing is provided via tailored proposal following a short discussion about your organisation’s needs and preferred workshop format.

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