Overview for carbon buyers

Offset emissions with Klima to retire carbon credits at a programmatically determined, real-time price, receive blockchain-verifiable certificates via Carbonmark, and link beneficiary details.

The full protocol and app are scheduled for release in January 2026. The actions described below will become available at that time.

Are you looking to offset your emissions using carbon credits for yourself, your enterprise, or your customers and clients? This handbook includes everything you need to know about compensating for one’s emissions by purchasing carbon credits (“carbon offsets”) from the Klima Protocol.

Note that the Klima Protocol does not resell credits to buyers. Rather, the protocol facilitates retirement of the credit. Carbon “retirement” refers to the process of consuming the environmental benefit of a carbon credit and is an irrevocable process.

The Klima Protocol offers the following functionality for buyers:

• Retire a batch of carbon credits instantly, at a quoted, real-time execution price.

• Get a proof-of-retirement certificate that is publicly verifiable and blockchain-secured via Carbonmark.com.

• Connect the certificate records to yourself or your enterprise by publishing public beneficiary details (name, reason for credit consumption, etc.).

• Choose from a diverse selection of eligible credits, vintages, and methodologies.

There are a few limitations to be aware of:

• The Klima Protocol does not sell raw credits directly. Rather, it only it only facilitates credit retirement for immediate consumption. Carbon credit retirement provides a proof that a credit was permanently consumed. This certificate can never be transferred or resold.

• Retirements are permanent and irreversible once successful, so refunds are not possible.

• Not all token retirements include a certificate from an external registry. Some credits are native to the blockchain (CMARK credits) and others were permanently transferred out of the registry (Toucan VCS credits).