Climate Law and Policy

What Climate Law and Policy does

Climate Law and Policy (CLP) is a private, women-owned and women-led international advisory firm headquartered in Westminster, London, founded in 2013. The firm provides strategic legal and policy advisory services to governments, multilateral organizations, NGOs, and private sector clients, with a niche specialization in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) safeguards for climate actions. Since inception, CLP has supported over 25 governments across more than 40 countries on climate policy, REDD+ programme design, safeguards information systems, and climate finance access, positioning itself as a global pioneer in advancing safeguards from a 'do no harm' to a 'do good' posture aligned with sustainable development goals.

CLP's service portfolio is organized around three core advisory lines — Accessing Finance, ESG Safeguards, and Policy Making — supplemented by the ClimateSafe offering (screening, due diligence, and monitoring of carbon projects against Integrity Council-VCM Core Carbon Principles) and a growing catalogue of proprietary toolkits and training products. Notable proprietary assets include the Jurisdictional REDD+ Safeguards Conformance Assessment Tool-Kit Framework and the Tool-Kit for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities on Jurisdictional REDD Standards, both offered in English, Spanish, and Portuguese, plus the VVB Safeguards Training program and REDD+ e-learning courses. These products extend the firm's reach into validation/verification capacity building and standards influence (notably ART-TREES).

The business model is fee-for-service professional advisory with project-based, bespoke engagements. Revenue is generated through technical assistance contracts (e.g., the GBP 5M UK TA Programme for LEAF, 2023-2025, delivered with Winrock International and Ricardo), framework contracts with multilateral clients such as the Green Climate Fund and UNDP, and increasingly through private-sector carbon project advisory via ClimateSafe. CLP operates with a small team of 8 employees, distributed engagement-led sales across a global project portfolio, and partnerships spanning conservation NGOs (EDF, WCS, IUCN), carbon market entities (ART, LEAF Coalition, Calyx Global, Kawari Fund), and implementation partners (Winrock, Ricardo).

Name

Climate Law and Policy

Legal name

Climate Law and Policy

Website

https://climatelawandpolicy.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Climate Law and Policy (CLP) is a women-led London-based advisory firm providing legal, policy, and ESG safeguards consulting to governments, multilateral organizations, and private sector clients across 40+ countries, with a niche focus on REDD+, climate finance, and carbon market integrity.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Climate Policy Advisory Services

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111), Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Sustainability & ESG Consulting (BPAHACAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Environmental & Energy Law (BPAHAAAO), Climate Policy, Governance & NDC Support (BPADALAA), Regulatory & Disclosure Strategy (CSRD/ESRS, ISSB/IFRS S2, SEC, TCFD) (EUABAKAH)

Keywords

• Climate policy advisory
• ESG safeguards consulting
• REDD+ frameworks advisory
• Climate finance advisory
• Carbon market integrity

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Advisory and Consultancy Services: CLP generates revenue through fee-for-service consultancy engagements, providing technical advisory on climate law, policy, ESG safeguards, and climate finance to governments, multilateral organizations, NGOs, and private sector clients. Engagement types include project-based technical assistance, evaluations, frameworks, toolkits, and training programs.
2. ClimateSafe Carbon Project Services: Revenue from providing screening, due diligence, and monitoring services for carbon projects to investors, project developers, and buyers/offtakers seeking assurances on ESG safeguards compliance.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Climate Law and Policy is a boutique advisory firm that provides strategic legal and policy advisory services on climate change to governments, multilateral organizations, NGOs, and private corporations. The firm's three core services — Accessing Finance, ESG Safeguards, and Policy Making — are supported by specialised offerings including the ClimateSafe carbon project due diligence service and proprietary REDD+ safeguards toolkits. Engagements are delivered as fee-for-service, fit-for-purpose technical advisory assignments, including project design, frameworks, evaluations, and capacity building.

Product overview

Climate Law and Policy is a consultancy/advisory firm providing strategic legal and policy solutions to accelerate the transition to a net zero, climate resilient future. The firm's offerings consist of three core consulting services—Accessing Finance, ESG Safeguards, and Policy Making—supplemented by specialized initiatives. ClimateSafe is a service offering providing screening, due diligence, and monitoring for carbon projects. The company also produces toolkits including the Jurisdictional REDD+ Safeguards Conformance Assessment Tool-Kit Framework and the Tool-Kit for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities on Jurisdictional REDD Standards, both available in multiple languages. Educational offerings include REDD+ e-learning courses and VVB Safeguards Training programs. The UK Technical Assistance Programme for LEAF represents a major capacity-building initiative delivered in partnership with Winrock International and Ricardo. Together, these offerings support governments and organizations in implementing REDD+, meeting safeguard requirements, and accessing climate finance.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ClimateSafe: A service offering that provides clarity and informed decision-making to investors and offtakers by ensuring carbon projects adhere to the highest ESG safeguarding standards and do-no-harm principles. Provides screening, due diligence and monitoring services against international best-practices for carbon projects.

Products and services

• Accessing Finance Advisory service helping governments, private sector entities, and multilateral organizations access climate finance, including support for Green Climate Fund funding proposals and REDD+ results-based payments.
• ESG Safeguards Technical advisory ensuring climate actions adhere to environmental, social, and governance safeguards, going beyond 'do no harm' to 'do good' approaches aligned with sustainable development goals.
• Policy Making Strategic legal and policy advisory services to accelerate transition to a net-zero, climate-resilient future, including climate policy development, legislative drafting, and regulatory framework design.
• ClimateSafe Screening, due diligence, and monitoring service for carbon projects against international best practices and ESG safeguarding standards, aligning projects with the Integrity Council-VCM Core Carbon Principles and Assessment Framework requirements. Targeted at investors and offtakers.
• Jurisdictional REDD+ Safeguards Conformance Assessment Tool-Kit Framework Proprietary tool-kit providing a robust approach to thoroughly assess the level of conformance of J-REDD+ programs with safeguard requirements across FCPF, REDD+ for safeguards information systems, governance arrangements, benefit sharing and revenue distribution plans, grievance redress mechanisms, participatory approaches, and summary of information. Available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
• Tool-Kit for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities on Jurisdictional REDD Standards Educational tool-kit designed to empower indigenous peoples and local communities to engage with, contribute to, and strengthen existing jurisdictional REDD+ Standards from the perspective of environmental and social safeguards. Includes booklets for FCPF, REDD.Plus, TREES standard, and VCS JNR Framework; available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
• VVB Safeguards Training Training programme supporting jurisdictional REDD+ teams in preparing for validation and verification processes under ART-TREES, with focus on demonstrating compliance with Cancun safeguards. Covers organising evidence, preparing for document reviews and field visits, and responding to audit findings. Available in Spanish and Portuguese.
• REDD+ e-learning course Online educational course supporting decision makers and in-country technical staff in understanding the climate change policy framework, history of policy-making processes, UNFCCC framework, and REDD+.
• E-learning course on climate change E-learning course helping climate change decision makers and negotiators understand the climate change policy framework by building appreciation of science, history of policy-making, and the UNFCCC framework.
• UK Technical Assistance Programme for LEAF Two-year, GBP 5 million technical assistance programme (2023) funded by UK Government DESNZ, helping African, Asian, and Latin American governments access finance to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation through REDD+. Delivered in partnership with Winrock International and Ricardo.

Quantifiable outcome

• Supported over 25 governments on ESG safeguard-related challenges since 2013
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers16 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Twelve partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Winrock InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCLP partnered with Winrock International and Ricardo to deliver the UK Technical Assistance Programme for LEAF, a two-year, five million GBP programme helping governments in Africa, Asia, and Latin America access finance to reduce deforestation. Winrock serves as a key consortium partner on multiple REDD+ programmes including REDD+ Emission Reduction Programs in Uganda.
• RicardocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCLP partnered with Ricardo and Winrock International to deliver the UK Technical Assistance Programme for LEAF. Ricardo serves as Technical Director and Programme Director for the programme. Ricardo brings expertise in forestry, carbon markets, and social safeguards.
• LEAF Coalition / Emergent Forest Finance AcceleratorcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCLP supports the LEAF Coalition's proposal review process (PRP), assessing readiness levels of received proposals and determining which are more ready to engage in transactions with the LEAF Coalition. The LEAF Coalition has mobilised over $1 billion USD to support governments of forested jurisdictions.
• EDF (Environmental Defense Fund)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCLP co-hosted the London Climate Action Week event 'Unlocking High-Integrity Jurisdictional REDD+: Building the Pipeline for Forest Finance at Scale' alongside EDF, JTAP, Kawari Fund, Winrock International, and WCS.
• Kawari FundminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCLP co-hosted a London Climate Action Week event with Kawari Fund and submitted joint recommendations with Kawari on the TREES 3.0 standard, focusing on safeguards, benefit sharing, stakeholder engagement, and grievance redress mechanisms.
• JTAP (Jungle Trust Action Programme)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCLP co-hosted a London Climate Action Week event alongside EDF, JTAP, Kawari Fund, Winrock International, and WCS.
• WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCLP co-hosted a London Climate Action Week event alongside EDF, JTAP, Kawari Fund, Winrock International, and WCS.
• Calyx GlobalminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCLP supports Calyx Global's Sustainable Development Goals Impact Panel, providing review and approval of SDG assessment frameworks and ratings of carbon projects, recommendations for new assessment frameworks, and advice on market developments.
• Green Climate Fund (GCF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCLP holds a framework contract with the GCF's Project Preparation Facility, providing technical assistance to public and private sector entities with preparation of funding proposals, focusing on environmental and social safeguards, stakeholder engagement, gender, indigenous peoples, and SEAH issues. Also conducted independent evaluations and assessments of GCF's policies and private sector approach.
• UNDPcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCLP provides a framework consultancy on Social and Environmental Safeguards with UNDP to ensure UNDP's Social and Environmental Standards are applied throughout UNDP's projects. Also developed a standardised safeguards system for UNDP's Small Grants Program.
• Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCLP acted as Safeguards Lead to guide the development of safeguards requirements for the ART Program (TREES standard), ensuring requirements were verifiable and ensured human and indigenous peoples' rights. CLP also provides technical expertise on TREES and ART standards on deforestation.
• IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCLP worked with IUCN and Winrock International on the Safeguards Assessment, Management Framework and Grievance Redress Mechanism project in Guatemala.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Winrock International: Winrock is a direct delivery partner of CLP on the UK TA Programme for LEAF and REDD+ Emission Reduction Programs in Uganda. Comparable on forestry, climate finance, and REDD+ programme implementation across the same government and donor client base.
• South Pole Group: South Pole is a major climate advisory and carbon markets firm working with governments, corporates and investors on carbon credit integrity, ESG, and net-zero strategy. Comparable to CLP on the ClimateSafe side, serving VCM investors and project developers on safeguards and carbon credit quality.
• Climate Advisers: Climate Advisers is a boutique climate policy and strategy firm advising governments, foundations and corporates on international climate negotiations and policy. Comparable to CLP in serving governments and multilaterals on UNFCCC-related policy and safeguards work.
• Meridian Institute: Meridian is a US-based non-profit facilitating multilateral cooperation on climate, forests and natural resources. Comparable to CLP in serving GCF, UNDP and government clients on cross-border climate and forest policy facilitation.
• Climate Focus: Climate Focus is a niche advisory firm providing climate policy, REDD+ and forest finance advisory to governments and multilaterals. Closely comparable to CLP in customer base (governments, GCF, World Bank), service mix (REDD+ safeguards, carbon markets, climate policy), and boutique positioning.
• Ricardo plc: Ricardo is CLP's consortium partner on the UK TA Programme for LEAF, with deep expertise in forestry, carbon markets and social safeguards. Comparable as an environmental and sustainability consultancy serving governments and multilaterals with technical and policy advisory.

Broad incumbents

• Carbon Trust: Carbon Trust is a larger, established climate advisory organization working with governments and corporates on carbon reduction strategy, carbon markets, and ESG. Comparable as an incumbent offering overlapping climate advisory services, though with broader commercial focus than CLP's safeguards niche.
• KPMG Climate & Sustainability Services: KPMG's global sustainability and climate practice advises governments, multilaterals, and corporates on climate strategy, ESG disclosure, and carbon markets. Comparable as a large incumbent offering broader bundled climate and sustainability advisory than CLP's specialist niche.
• ERM (Environmental Resources Management): ERM is a global environmental, social and governance consultancy with extensive climate change and sustainability advisory capabilities. Comparable as a broad incumbent that competes for climate safeguards and ESG advisory mandates from governments and corporates.

Emerging players

• Calyx Global: Calyx Global is a carbon credit ratings and assessment firm; CLP supports its SDG Impact Panel. Comparable as an emerging VCM services provider where CLP's safeguards expertise intersects with carbon project quality assessment for VCM buyers and investors.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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