Advisory and research practice
Do no harm —
and do better.
Where climate meets human rights.
Climate is not only about carbon. It changes people's lives.
Climate and environmental action never lands on a blank slate. A protected area, a reforestation project, a carbon finance mechanism, an adaptation program: each one redraws uses, access, sometimes land rights. It acts on gender, conflict and marginalization. Designed well, these programs protect people and shift power.
That is exactly where we work. We support the organizations that fund, design and implement these programs, so that their effects on people are managed, demonstrable and, wherever possible, transformative.
- GEF and Green Climate Fund projects overseen on safeguards at UNDP
- 150+
- countries covered by that portfolio
- 50+
- Green Climate Fund projects supported from design to reporting
- 22
- Congolese civil society organizations brought into one REDD+ network
- 400
Three ways in. One competence.
You come in through whichever matches the deadline in front of you.
Protecting people
Environmental and social safeguards, Green Climate Fund accreditation, due diligence, grievance and remedy.
Working with local actors
Partnership approaches, direct funding for local and Indigenous organizations, shared accountability.
Understanding, and making it known
Applied research, evaluation, advocacy support, training.
Also on demand
Training for NGOs and research centers
Advocacy tools and strategies, negotiation, public speaking and media training. More than 300 professionals trained.
Research
Grounded in research
Our advice rests on research, and the practice conducts research of its own.
Marine Gauthier's PhD at the Geneva Graduate Institute, completed at the end of 2026, is on safeguards in global governance: the very rules our clients work with. She publishes research articles on climate governance and participatory approaches, sits on the scientific committee of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation and on IUCN's Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy, and teaches environmental geopolitics at UCLy.
Recent articles
- Operationalizing epistemic justice: Participatory 3D Modelling in conservation practiceAcademia Environmental Sciences and Sustainability, 2025 · peer-reviewed article
- Re-territorializing Climate Governance: the REDD+ Initiatives in the DR CongoFourth World Journal, 2025
Research under way
- CCFD-Terre SolidaireResearch on pesticides. (2026-2027 · ongoing)
- Rights and Resources InitiativeResearch on community experiences with carbon initiatives. (2026 · ongoing)
- SPIA / CGIARQualitative study of the policy influence of the “Seeds Without Borders” program. (2026 · ongoing)
The founder
Marine Gauthier
Fifteen years where the environment meets human rights. Former Senior Technical Advisor on climate safeguards at UNDP and safeguards focal point for 22 Green Climate Fund projects. Five years in the field with Indigenous and community organizations in the DRC. PhD from the Geneva Graduate Institute.
For each assignment she puts together the team it needs, and introduces it to you before you sign.
Both sides of the table
Our experience comes from both sides of the table. We applied UNDP's climate safeguards across a portfolio of more than one hundred and fifty Global Environment Facility and Green Climate Fund projects. We supported, on the ground, the Indigenous and community organizations required to comply with them. We speak both languages, and we translate between them.
The practice has existed since 2016. It first equipped NGOs, coalitions and researchers to weigh on the policies that concerned them. Today it focuses that craft on a single terrain: where climate meets rights.
Organizations we have worked for
- UNDP
- Rights and Resources Initiative
- Rainforest Foundation Norway
- Forest Peoples Programme
- Fern
- SPIA / CGIAR
- Emergent / LEAF Coalition
- GIZ
- Organisation internationale de la Francophonie
- swisspeace
- IUCN France
- Programme de Petites Initiatives (FFEM / IUCN)
- Baastel
- C4Solution
- CCFD-Terre Solidaire
- Caritas France
- Caritas Luxembourg
- CIDSE
- Humanity & Inclusion
- Solidarités International
- Première Urgence Internationale
- Fondation Maisons du Monde
- Dynamique des Groupes des Peuples Autochtones (DGPA)
- Réseau CREF
- ULB-Coopération
- Change.org
- WeMove Europe
- Sidaction
- Fédération régionale des acteurs en promotion de la santé (FRAPS)
- Déclic CNV et Éducation
- Jeune Chambre Économique Française
- Jeunesse au Plein Air
- AFEV
- EFAP
“I strongly recommend Marine Gauthier for her professionalism and her exceptional expertise. Marine has been recognized at the highest levels of the United Nations for her field experience and rigorous analysis of complex social and environmental issues, and we have been fortunate to work with her on a particularly challenging case that she has successfully led. Working in an environment in which each word is weighed for its political accuracy, Marine's commitment is boundless and is matched only by her attention to detail, her eloquence, and her deep respect for those with whom she works.”