Climate Club Aotearoa

What Climate Club Aotearoa does

Climate Club Aotearoa is a volunteer-powered nonprofit climate action organization founded in 2021 and headquartered in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand (Charity Registration Number CC62703). The organization was started by three friends who lacked formal climate training or related work experience and now operates with seven paid staff supported by a roster of volunteers across research, design, events, grant writing, social media and facilitation roles. Its mission is to translate climate science and policy into practical, accessible action for Kiwis.

The core product portfolio centers on the Climate Fresk workshop, a 3-hour interactive card-based puzzle format drawn from IPCC reports that has been played by over 2 million people globally and over 1,000 New Zealanders, with workshops rated 9.3/10. The offering has been extended into shorter one-hour formats for corporates (Kickstart, Changemakers) and a youth-focused Ripple Workshop for Years 7-13. Complementary digital products include a weekly Substack newsletter with action items segmented into 5, 15 and 30+ minute categories, the Climate Club Challenge platform for individual behavior change, the ETS Explained webinar series, and the annual NZ Temperature Tracker scientific report.

Revenue is sourced from individual donations (one-time, monthly, yearly tiers of NZ$10-500), paid corporate workshops, and grant or sponsorship funding from mSupply Foundation, Auckland Council Climate Grant and Whakatupu Aotearoa Foundation. Go-to-market is community-led and event-driven: workshops are delivered in person across New Zealand via direct contact, with council delivery scaled through a partnership with Climate Training Co. The organization serves businesses, schools and universities, local and central government, community groups, and individual consumers, with no disclosed revenue figures or external institutional ownership.

Name

Climate Club Aotearoa

Legal name

Climate Club Aotearoa

Website

https://climateclub.nz

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Climate Club Aotearoa is a volunteer-powered nonprofit climate action organization in Auckland, New Zealand, delivering IPCC-based Climate Fresk workshops, a weekly newsletter, and behavior-change challenges to businesses, schools, councils, community groups and individuals across Aotearoa.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Education Services

NAICS

Environment, Conservation and Wildlife Organizations (813312), Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

akta.pro primary industry

Environmental Education & Outreach (BPAGAGAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Climate Change Mitigation & Adaptation (BPAGAGAF), Regulatory & Disclosure Strategy (CSRD/ESRS, ISSB/IFRS S2, SEC, TCFD) (EUABAKAH), Environmental Conservation & Sustainability Volunteering (EDAIAGAB)

Keywords

• Climate education workshops
• Environmental literacy training
• Nonprofit climate charity
• Carbon literacy programs
• Community climate action

Headquarters

HQ city

Auckland

HQ country

New Zealand

HQ region

Oceania

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Donations: Climate Club accepts one-time, monthly, and yearly donations. As a registered charity (CC62703), they can send tax-deductible statements at year end. Donation amounts offered: NZ$10, NZ$20, NZ$50, NZ$100, NZ$500, or custom amounts.
2. Corporate Workshop Fees: Paid workshops for businesses including Kickstart Workshop (1 hour) and Changemakers Workshop (1 hour). Workshops educate teams on climate change causes and consequences and drive workplace climate action.
3. Community Workshop Sponsorships: Free or low-cost community workshops made possible by sponsors including mSupply Foundation and Auckland Council Climate Grant. Sponsors enable accessibility for community groups, churches, retirement villages, sports clubs, and scout groups.
4. School Workshop Sponsorships: Free or low-cost workshops for schools and university-age students, sponsored to make climate education accessible. Adapted for various demographics and year groups.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

Climate Club Aotearoa is a volunteer-run New Zealand charity that delivers facilitated climate education workshops and supporting content to build climate literacy among the general public. Its core offerings include the Climate Fresk 3-hour collaborative workshop along with Ripple, Kickstart, and Changemakers workshop formats, complemented by a weekly Substack newsletter, webinars on emissions trading, and an annual New Zealand Temperature Tracker report.

Product overview

Climate Club Aotearoa is a volunteer-powered climate action organization offering a portfolio of workshop-based and digital products focused on climate education and behavior change. The core offering is the Climate Fresk Workshop program—a 3-hour interactive card-based game derived from IPCC reports—alongside shorter Ripple Workshops for students, and business-focused Kickstart and Changemakers Workshops. These are complemented by a weekly Substack Newsletter delivering bite-sized climate action items, the Climate Club Challenge initiative for community-led emission reductions, the ETS Explained Webinar Series for policy education, and the annual New Zealand Temperature Tracker scientific report. The organization primarily serves schools, businesses, councils, and community groups across Aotearoa New Zealand.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Climate Fresk Workshop

Quantifiable outcome

• Participants rate workshops 9.3/10
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Climate Training CocoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDelivery partner for bringing climate workshops to life with communities, leadership teams and staff in councils. Climate Training Co partners with Climate Club to deliver workshops to local government clients including Auckland Council, Napier City Council, Hastings District Council, and Hamilton City Council.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• 350.org: Global grassroots climate movement. Comparable as a climate change advocacy and mobilization organization, though it focuses on campaigning rather than workshop-based education.
• Sustainable Business Network: New Zealand membership organization helping businesses embed sustainability. Comparable because it serves overlapping corporate customers seeking climate education and disclosure support, though as a broader business sustainability platform.
• Greenpeace New Zealand: NZ branch of global environmental advocacy network. Comparable as a New Zealand-based environmental campaign and education organization, with overlap in mobilizing citizens on climate action and policy.
• Forest & Bird: One of New Zealand's largest environmental NGOs. Comparable as a domestically focused environmental advocacy and education nonprofit, though with a broader conservation mandate beyond climate education.
• Generation Zero: New Zealand youth climate advocacy organization that campaigns on climate policy and elections. Comparable because it shares the NZ climate-activism and behavior-change mission, though it focuses more on policy advocacy than workshop-based education.

Emerging players

• The Climate Reality Project: Global climate education and advocacy organization founded by Al Gore. Comparable because it delivers climate literacy workshops and training worldwide, directly overlapping with Climate Club's Climate Fresk-style educational format.
• EarthHQ: Climate education and engagement platform. Comparable as a player in the climate literacy and community mobilization space where Climate Club also operates through its Substack newsletter and challenge platform.

Direct peers

• Climate Fresk: The global originator of the Climate Fresk workshop framework that Climate Club Aotearoa delivers. Directly comparable because both run the same card-based IPCC-grounded workshop format and target similar audiences (businesses, schools, communities).
• Climate Training Co: Listed as Climate Club Aotearoa's delivery partner for council workshops across New Zealand. Comparable because it operates in the same workshop-based climate education category for local government and business clients in NZ.

Others

• Project Drawdown: Climate solutions research and education nonprofit. Comparable because it produces widely cited climate science and action resources that complement workshop-based climate literacy, though it does not run workshops itself.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/emilology
• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/climate-club-nz
• Instagraminstagram.com/climateclubnz
• TikToktiktok.com/@climateclubnz

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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