Project Pressure

What Project Pressure does

Project Pressure Archive is a UK-registered charity (no. 1156895), founded in 2008 by Klaus Thymann, that creates interdisciplinary projects at the intersection of art, science, and activism to document climate change, ecological loss, and biodiversity decline. Its core technical activity is environmental field documentation, employing camera-equipped UAVs, Trimble Catalyst GNSS positioning, PIX4D-processed 3D photogrammetry, GIS mapping, and a proprietary lightweight drop-camera for seafloor habitat surveys. Outputs are delivered as traveling exhibitions (MELTDOWN, When Records Melt, Double Miroir, Glaciers in Focus), immersive installations (VOICES FOR THE FUTURE at UN Headquarters), poster campaigns (WARNING SIGNS), and scientific datasets contributed to the World Glacier Monitoring Service and hosted at NSIDC. The organization has commissioned more than 30 expeditions across all seven continents since 2008, engaging over 1.5 million visitors by 2019 through host institutions including Natural History Museum Vienna, Horniman Museum London, Kühlhaus Berlin, and UNESCO Headquarters Paris.

The organization operates as a non-profit and does not sell products or services. Its revenue model is grant- and donation-based, drawing on charitable contributions from institutional funders including the Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative, Arts Council England, Velux Foundation, Lighthouse Foundation, the Swiss Federal Office for the Environment, the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, supplemented by corporate sponsorships from Parajumpers, Trimble, Pix4D, Hasselblad, Getty Images, Adidas TERREX, Rab, and Norse Projects. Its primary served audiences are museums and cultural institutions hosting exhibitions, government and intergovernmental bodies (UN, UNESCO, NASA, WGMS, Danish government, Uganda Wildlife Authority) receiving scientific and advocacy materials, the general public through exhibitions and media coverage in outlets such as the Guardian, BBC, NYT, CNN, and National Geographic, and scientific and academic institutions via contributed datasets and expedition partnerships.

Name

Project Pressure

Legal name

Project Pressure Archive

Website

https://project-pressure.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Project Pressure is a UK-registered charity founded in 2008 that commissions artists and scientists to document climate, ecological, and biodiversity change through expeditions, producing traveling exhibitions, public installations, and 3D photogrammetry datasets for museums, policymakers, and the public.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Advocacy and Climate Awareness Charity

NAICS

Social Advocacy Organizations (8133)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

Environmental Education, Capacity Building & Community Engagement (BPADALAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

Social Issue & Advocacy Documentaries (MPADADAG), Environmental Conservation & Sustainability Volunteering (EDAIAGAB), Cause/Sustainability & Purpose-Driven Creative Agencies (MPAAAAAL)

Keywords

• Climate change exhibitions
• Environmental art projects
• Glacier documentation
• Climate advocacy programs
• Environmental research charity

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Charitable Donations and Grants: Project Pressure operates as a registered charity (no. 1156895) in England and Wales, relying on donations, grants, and institutional funding from foundations and government bodies.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Project Pressure is a registered UK charity that commissions world-renowned artists and scientists to conduct expeditions documenting vanishing glaciers and ecosystems, producing traveling exhibitions, immersive art installations, poster campaigns, and scientific datasets. The organization pairs visual art with rigorous scientific methods (3D photogrammetry, GNSS, UAV surveys, drop-camera mapping) to create visual legacies that inform climate policy and public awareness. Its work is hosted at major museums, cultural institutions, and landmark venues worldwide, including the UN Headquarters and UNESCO.

Product overview

Project Pressure is a climate change charity that creates interdisciplinary projects triangulating art, science, and activism to address environmental issues. The organization's main offerings include traveling exhibitions (MELTDOWN, When Records Melt, Double Miroir, Glaciers in Focus), immersive art installations (VOICES FOR THE FUTURE), poster campaigns (WARNING SIGNS), and scientific documentation projects (Rwenzori Mountains 3D Mapping, Melting Topics Expeditions). These products work together to visualize climate crisis impacts through artistic interpretation and scientific data collection, engaging audiences across museums, galleries, and public spaces worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MELTDOWN Traveling Exhibition A traveling exhibition showcasing climate crisis art created by renowned artists through expeditions documenting vanishing glaciers worldwide, featuring work from every continent and hosted at major museums including Natural History Museum Vienna, Horniman Museum London, Kühlhaus Berlin, and UNESCO Paris.
• VOICES FOR THE FUTURE Installation An immersive art installation featuring large-scale projections of melting icebergs paired with recorded voices of six young advocates including Greta Thunberg, displayed at UN headquarters during the 2019 Climate Action Summit.
• WARNING SIGNS Poster Campaign A large-scale outdoor poster exhibition combining commissioned photography with bold text conveying powerful climate crisis messages, presented at Alt +1000 Photo Festival in Switzerland.
• When Records Melt Exhibition A traveling photographic exhibition exploring the cryosphere through the work of international artists, launched at Unseen Amsterdam in 2018.
• Rwenzori Mountains 3D Glacier Mapping A comprehensive mapping project documenting glacial decline in Uganda's Rwenzori Mountains across multiple expeditions (2012-2025), creating 3D models of Mt. Stanley's glaciers in collaboration with the Bakonzo community and Uganda Wildlife Authority.
• Double Miroir Exhibition An exhibition at Le Bicolore – Maison du Danemark in Paris featuring Klaus Thymann and Peter Funch, exploring climate awareness through the dialogue between archival and contemporary imagery.
• Glaciers in Focus Exhibition A UNESCO exhibition presenting glaciers' role in global climate systems, shown at UNESCO HQ in Paris as part of World Day for Glaciers commemoration in March 2025.
• Tropical Glaciers Papua Expedition A field expedition creating the first 3D photogrammetry model of remaining ice on the East Northwall of Puncak Jaya in Papua, Indonesia, producing a centimeter-accurate georeferenced dataset as a visual legacy of a rapidly vanishing tropical glacier.
• Corals Discovery and Seafloor Habitat Mapping Project A seafloor habitat-mapping project in Jammer Bay, Denmark, using drop-camera technology that documented cold-water soft coral and led to the Danish government's proposal for a ban on bottom trawling in Jammer Bay and Skagerrak.

Quantifiable outcome

• MELTDOWN exhibitions engaged over 1.5 million visitors by 2019
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• TrimblecoreTechnology or IntegrationTrimble provided Catalyst GNSS positioning service for Papua expedition enabling centimeter-accurate geolocation for 3D photogrammetry models.
• Pix4DcoreTechnology or IntegrationPix4D provided software support for processing drone imagery into 3D photogrammetry models of Papua glaciers.
• NASAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEstablished partnership with NASA for planetary science and Earth observation data collaboration.
• World Glacier Monitoring Service (WGMS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partnership contributing to Global Terrestrial Network for Glaciers since 2011, with archive hosted at NSIDC.
• UNESCOcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for International Year of Glaciers' Preservation with exhibition at UNESCO HQ Paris in March 2025. Collaborative work on Rwenzori Mountains mapping.
• National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)coreTechnology or IntegrationWGMS Glacier Photo Collection hosted by NSIDC for glacier documentation database.
• Technical University of Denmark (DTU) AquacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership for seafloor habitat mapping project combining drop-camera data with AIS and VMS fishing vessel tracking.
• Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCreated detailed 5-meter resolution seafloor habitat map exceeding 300 km2 for JAMBAY project.
• Uganda Wildlife AuthoritycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment partner for Rwenzori Mountains expeditions and glacier mapping project.
• The Glacier TrustmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for Nepal expeditions providing education and expertise through locally based organizations.
• Danish Fisheries AgencymajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in JAMBAY project investigating trawling impacts on seafloor habitats.
• PostPaniccoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDutch film company collaborated on Tarfala Valley photogrammetry video project.
• Le Bicolore - Maison du DanemarkmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorHost venue for Double Miroir exhibition featuring Klaus Thymann and Peter Funch in Paris.
• Kühlhaus BerlinmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCultural landmark venue hosting MELTDOWN exhibition February-March 2023.
• GuidelineGeocoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnology partner supporting Rwenzori Mountains expeditions with equipment provision.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Greenpeace International: Global environmental advocacy organisation running large-scale awareness campaigns, exhibitions, and direct-action programs. Comparable mission of mobilising public pressure on climate and biodiversity, with vastly greater scale.
• ClientEarth: Large environmental-law NGO that uses evidence-based advocacy to drive environmental policy outcomes. Comparable policy-impact orientation to Project Pressure's Jammer Bay work, with broader legal and regulatory scope.
• World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF): Largest global conservation NGO operating across climate, biodiversity, and species protection. Comparable environmental mission with much broader scope; competes for the same foundation and government grant pools.

Direct peers

• Julie's Bicycle: UK charity supporting the arts and creative industries on environmental sustainability and climate action. Overlapping focus on art-climate intersection, with similar institutional funder base.
• The Glacier Trust: UK/Nepal-based charity operating glacier education and climate-adaptation programs. Project Pressure's stated Nepal partner; directly comparable mission around glacier preservation and community impact.
• Cape Farewell: UK-registered charity that brings artists, scientists, and educators together to communicate climate change through expeditions and cultural programming. Highly comparable model and geography to Project Pressure.
• Climate Outreach: UK-based climate-communications charity focused on engaging public audiences with climate science. Comparable mission of translating climate evidence into accessible public engagement, with similar fundraising model.
• Climate Central: US-based climate science communications NGO producing visual evidence (rising seas, global temperature maps) for media and policy use. Closely comparable role of translating scientific data into public-facing visual assets.

Emerging players

• Earth Genome: NGO applying data, geospatial, and community science to environmental decision-making. Comparable use of field-collected datasets to inform conservation policy, with greater emphasis on technology stack.

Regional players

• Ocean Conservancy: US-based ocean-policy NGO that combines science, advocacy, and public engagement on marine protection. Comparable seafloor-habitat advocacy loop and visual-evidence approach to Project Pressure's Jammer Bay work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/projectpressure
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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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