The Foundation Team
« When I created the Climate fresk, I wanted its use to be as open as possible, which is now permitted by its license to use.
The endowment fund complements this mechanism: by hosting intellectual property (trade mark and copyright), it ensures that its use will respect the spirit of the general interest and the founding principles of the project as defined at the beginning of 2019.
Its objective: to entrust as many national structures as possible with the exploitation of the Climate Fresk so that this tool can contribute at the right level to raising awareness of climate issues at the international level. »
Cédric Ringenbach
President of Climate Fresk Foundation
Governance
The gouvernance Climate Fresk Foundation is based on a independent and committed Board of Directors, ensuring transparent, ethical and rigorous management.
Plural and demanding management
The Board of Directors brings together personalities from a variety of backgrounds, all driven by the desire to put scientific pedagogy at the service of the general interest and the climate transition.
Cédric Ringenbach
President
Boutaïna ARAKI
Treasurer
Antoine RABAIN
Secretary
Permanent team
Britt MERCIER
« I joined Climate Fresk Foundation in April 2025 as General Secretary. I am involved, alongside the administrators, Fresqueurs and Fresqueuses of any country, to continue to grow this wonderful adventure that is the Climate Fresk.»
Britt MERCIER
Executive Director
Founding principles
Transparency
Each decision is taken within a clear and shared framework.
Rigor
Financial and legal management of the fund is based on sound procedures
Independence
The Council acts in the exclusive service of the general interest and the mission of the Climate Fresk.
Governance for the long term
This first year has provided a solid foundation. Step by step, the Fund builds a sustainable framework, capable tomorrow of:
Support high-impact projects,
Strengthen the international diffusion of the Fresk,
Maintain the integrity of its teaching tool.
Vision
Accelerating a global climate transition by making scientific knowledge a common good.
We believe that massive, collaborative and IPCC-based awareness is essential to trigger the profound changes that the climate crisis demands.
Missions
Support and secure Climate Fresk so that it can deploy in an open, ethical and coherent manner throughout the world.
Our role:
- Protect intellectual property and branding to ensure the educational integrity of the workshop.
- Structure a solid legal and financial framework for controlled international growth.
- Develop high impact projects and partnerships, integrating the social, cultural and intergenerational dimensions of the transition.
Values
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Integrity: ensuring thateach deployment respects the scientific and collaborative spirit of the Fresk.
- Openness: promote global dissemination and local appropriation, while respecting cultural contexts.
- Rigor: Ensure transparent governance and responsible management of resources.
- Climate justice: promoting an inclusive transition, responsive to social issues and future generations.
- Impact: act to ensure that each action reinforces concrete understanding and mobilization in the face of the climate emergency.